Life Begins at 30

I am blessed to have a friendship built on communication and trust.  Maybe in some ways we have some issues here and there, but in more ways than one, we always find a common ground where we both agree in one thing.  Yes, we do have a lot of differences in point of view and we see things differently all the time, but somehow, our conversations always end with a happy thought.

This past couple of nights was one of those times when I could really use a shrink and I’m glad I had one person to share that honest and mature conversation with. Thank you so much for hearing me out, challenging my opinions, pushing me hard, as I peel off some layers and share a part of my journey with you.  I appreciate how you can think clearly in black and white when all I see is gray, how you can make things sound so simple when I don’t even know where to begin,  how you always try to make me smile and cheer me on even when you know I am stubborn to no end.  I am grateful beyond words and I can only wish I had more than my heart and my love to return that kind gesture.  Good friends are hard to find, but I guess I found the diamond when I met you.

In the same fashion, I am glad  to have found the perfect opportunity to pay the kindness forward.  Just when I was about to hit the sack, I got into a small conversation with another friend who was gladly sharing his challenges with the new-found relationship… Taking this as my cue to be able to spread some wisdom, I shared a thing or two I learned about trust, about communication, about relationships and how one must not lose him/herself in the process.  It’s funny how, while I was saying these,  my words were surprisingly hitting me like a hurricane running 300 kph. 

Paying it forward never felt this good. In knowing that I have been there for someone, yet unraveling another part of me I never knew existed…the experience is  just priceless.