31 Days of Gratitude: Friends

You can laugh together,

cry together,

share your deepest secrets, worries or fears,

find comfort together,

prod each other to your growing edges,

and through it all you'll find Love 

is the constant thread.

Friends.

You choose them.

They choose you back.

Friends.

If they are of the closest kind,

They will shoot straight with you

Even while not judging you

And it helps you stay strong and true.

And you do the same for them.

Friends.

There are those cherished ones who, 

despite busy lives

and not talking or hanging out for weeks or months,

pick up the conversation just

as if you spoke yesterday.

Friends.

It does indeed seem that

it is easier for Friends

to truly See one another

without layers of of other stuff

getting in the way.

Friends.

...

To each one of you:

I am grateful for each and every soul I call Friend.

I cherish your uniqueness, what you bring to this world, and how you are constantly growing and bringing beauty to light.

I am grateful to be a part of your life.