Sitting at my desk trying to not go crazy and I do mean in the good way, of course. I have "Onto the May" by The Host in my head and it's all I can do to keep from jumping out of my seat, dancing and singing, "If I could I'd wait...." Why don't I? I guess I need the money simply. You do that in an office and eventually they catch on that you are cooler than they are and they can't be around that kind of coolness. It's a little bit like that moment in the movie Teen Wolf where Stiles surfs on the top of the van, even the part where you fall on your back and laugh yourself silly.
I try to always remind myself of how lucky I am, but how often to I remind my friends that they're the reason I'm lucky. How often do I get to sit down to some shots with someone I've been friends with for a while and someone I've never met and have one of the best nights on the planet. I started out thinking the evening was a bust because I didn't get what I expected. I didn't think it was disappointing by any means. I had great conversation, great wine, and a good friend. When the night ended it was unexpected and, okay, I guess a little disappointing, but I was rewarded.
This new person, who may have been my friend for only one night, but God, was it great, actually looked at me at one point and said, "What you're saying right now to me is epiphonal." It amazed me that he said it. He just said it like that. I can remember moments in my life that were epiphonal, but not moments where I was ephiphonal. Why is that though? Probably because of the same reason my friends don't truly know that what they said had that much impact because I didn't say it to them. I try to remind my friends of their importance to me, but I don't do it nearly enough and not to nearly enough of them. I think that every month we should have just one day where we tell our friends what they mean to us and thank them for making us so much better. When they say something and it means something, let them know right away. Don't wait for it. Go crazy if you must. Skip down the streets holding hands and wait for that moment in the night where you grab onto them and say, "You will never know how important this is or how important you are to me," make those moments happen as only you can. You won't be disappointed if they are a true friend. How can you be? Who doesn't want to hear they made a difference somehow? That is what makes life worth living.
Live every day like that's the only day you'll be friends with that person because you never know when it will be or when it's the last one.
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