Sunshine!

I know recently I haven't been myself, but for everyone out there: I AM BACK! "The sun is shining and this road keeps winding....my troubles behind me....I'm alive and I'm free who wouldn't want to be me!" -Keith Urban (don't want to get charged with plagerism. ha! CCC joke!)

I have realized how lucky I am to have such wonderful people around me (you know who you are!) I love you all so much and am so thankful to have those people around when I truly needed them! Rain falls. But sometimes you need the storm in your life to wipe out the things that are unneeded in life. For example...Waves, when the tide comes up it washes away all the broken shells upon the shore and when the tide goes down it leaves a brand new bunch of whole shells to be collected, and unfortunitly some that will end up broken. But without the tide and the waves all that would be washed up on the shore is broken shells and who wants to collect just broken shells? Don't get me wrong, broken is beautiful, but God makes us whole.

Two weeks ago while doing the bulletin for church and answering the phones I wrote down my random thoughts on friendship. Like I said these are random thoughts nothing structured just what came to mind, then I just transferred the scrap pieces of paper into my book (my journal). I would like to share with you what I came up with. Its nothing poetic just words.

September 9th, 2004

It is not an obligation

but it is a commitment

It is compromise

but it is also knowing when to stand your ground

Loving inspite of our differences

and because of our differences

It is finding understanding

even within the midst of disagreements

It is not a contract

but it can be broken

It is a respect of space

but knowing when to be there

It is about trust

but growing in failure

It is about going the extra mile

but realizing its the little things that matter most

It is about sharing wisdom

and know when silence is golden

It is not about how long you've known each other

but how much you've been through together

It is knowing when to help out

but also knowing when the battle is for one

It is comfort

It is not a lack of compassion

It is guidance with grace

but knowing when to use tough love