Showing posts with label friendship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label friendship. Show all posts

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Thankful Thursday

It's Thankful Thursday again! What a great way to remember what is good in our lives!

Today I am thankful for my friends. I have some amazing ones and am ever so lucky to have them. I'm gonna cheat and include my hubby as my best friend. Yea...yea... I know, so cheesy, but it's true! He has always been a good friend, someone I can talk to, vent to, laugh with, joke with, ask questions, and just have a good time with. We have many things in common, though not everything (licorice and pickles are yummy! {not together}). I just know no matter what happens, I have someone who has my back.

I have some amazing friends (who aren't married to me) too! I have a few from college who think about me and make me feel special. It's not everyone who does that for you. I have friends who drive from New York, Maryland, and New Jersey for parties and just to visit. They send silly cards or small presents just because. They remember birthdays, Christmas, and are there to comfort when bad things happen. They really are fantastic people and am so glad that as the years go by we have not lost touch, that we still email/write/text/FB.

As much as we can all bemoan the drain social media puts on our lives, I've been very lucky in that it has let me reconnect with many people I had thought lost. I've caught up with friends from elementary and high school, from past jobs, and family who are far away. It's been amazing being able to get back in touch with people I had no idea how to touch base with, but wanted to know how they are doing. I lost touch with my fabulous cousin from across the pond and we got in touch last year through FB. It has been wonderful as we were pen pals in the 1980s and I was fortunate to attend her sister's wedding in 2000.

I am fortunate in my friends. I do not have millions of friends like some people. But, what I have realized is the ones I have are incredible. They are just the people I want in my life. They are a blessing and I am thankful they are there.


Monday, February 17, 2014

Motivational Monday



Today's motivational quote isn't exactly the go get 'em type. Today's motivational quote is much more important. In so many ways, we try to improve ourselves because we think there is something missing, something wrong with ourselves. We see all the little things that do not make us happy. If only I were more active, if only I ate better, if only I study more, if only I could get that promotion, then I'd be happy.

Internally, this is how we see our lives, but there are those who see us and love us as we are. Friends encourage us, help us, see us as we truly are. They believe in us and want the best for us. Occasionally they tell us how it is because they get us better than we get ourselves sometimes.

So today's motivational quote is just remember how very loved we are by our friends. I've been lucky lately to have some really good friends who have made me aware of just how good they truly are. One friend called me brilliant and I have been thinking about that ever since. One friend does sweet things that completely makes my day. One friend keeps trying to convince me to visit more often. You can't be unhappy when you have friends like this.

They say it's not the quantity of friends you have, but the quality. Do you have a couple good friends who just thinking of them make you happy? Shout it out! Let them know just how important they are to you!

 


Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Words no one wants to hear



A friend of mine posted this to Facebook the other night. She is one of the most supportive people I know and she knows her stuff, she is very confident in herself and her abilities. We've been friends for many years now and I count her among one of my very closest friends.

I may not have been specifically the person/people she had in mind with this, but I know this is me. I know I have no confidence and as much as I say I can do things, deep down I don't really think I can. And sadly, I think there are quite a few people who are starting to think this about me.

I don't want that. I want to be as supportive to myself as I feel I am to others. I want to feel I deserve the support people have given me.

So, I state here and now that I don't want to be the person the author (whoever they are) are talking about. I want to be the person who runs (or walks, that's ok too right?) on the treadmill. I want to be the person who asks my friends for support. I want to be the person who says, "Fuck this, I can do it." I want to do it for me and I want to do it to prove that I really deserve the love and support of my friends.

I declare today that I will do this. I will stop with the excuses. I will stop with the easy way. I will do what I know should be doing.

Thanks friend! I may not have been the exact person you were referring to when you posted this, but I needed to see/read it.