007. Friendship Sway

After a wonderful unexpected meeting of friends... I thought today's sway should be about friendship.  Regardless of how you met, who you know, or who introduced you, etc... you can find the virtue of friendship in the most unexpected people.  I know this first hand.  Today I was reminded that friends bless your life at the most random times and in the most random ways.  Regardless of the situations you endure, the time that passes, the miles that are placed in between you - a true friend will be there to pick up right were you left off.

Friends will be there to pick you up even if you don't realize you have stumbled, they buffer your bad decisions, let you make your mistakes and come running as fast as they can the second you need them.  I am very fortunate to have friends in my life that I can count on to tell me the ugly truth, share their good and bad news, listen to to me, or do nothing with for hours.  So today - I thank all of you that have befriended me in one form or another - I appreciate all that you do and say more than you could know. I can only hope to return the favor.

“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.”

William Shakespeare

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

Dr. Seuss

"A friend is long sought, hardly found, and with difficulty kept."

St. Jerome

“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Maya Angelou