“It’s time to start living the life
you’ve imagined” – Henry James
When was the last time you looked a special person in your life in the eye and knew, right then and there, that you would never forget them? True friendship is timeless. I’ve made and lost friends in this lifetime enough to know what a real friend is. You smile together, laugh together, lie together, and cry together. You fight beside them, and try beside them. You live beside them, and you’ll die beside them. There is no question when a person is found that they’ll never again be lost. Some people need a friend. Some are in a state of desperation that may only be resolved through discovery. What if you made it a point to ensure that the person you loved as a friend or life partner knew this without a shred of a doubt? I’ve seen the importance of timing first hand. I’ve seen the look in a person’s eye when life’s purpose was understood – that gleam that is unmistakeable. You can see the guardian angel’s light shine when your friend is pulled from the wreckage and the first face they see is yours. I wouldn’t have it any other way. I’ve seen people who don’t know true friends. The restless, daunting method of staggering through life that they emplore is saddening. It isn’t necessary, either, and everyone needs someone to show them this at times. The point of this writing is to help uncover something that is already inherent in all of us. Show your friends why you call them friends as often and as thoroughly as you are able. That bond may be the most important bond you possess for the rest of your life.