On a Different Path

“Friendship is always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity." (Kahlil Gibran).

Which one are you? Give others freedom to be themselves. Appreciate the differences between their ways and yours. Such is the way to cultivate true friendships. Never question what has been given freely, but rather accept it with joy and celebrate the fact that there is an individual that cares enough to share his/her life and blessings with you.

Before everything else fades into oblivion, and what is important be relegated to negligible, remember one thing, good begets good and never evil. Evil comes when what is good is treated with malice, jealousy and envy. These stem from people not comfortable with themselves and their relationship with others. People such as these should look deep into themselves and divest their souls with unworthy intentions. If not, their lives would be in a perpetual state of hell. Wanting to be loved, wanting to belong, but never quite so. I’d like to pity such people, but frankly, it’ll be a waste of my time. It’s been said that a true friend will not only share their riches with you, but reveal to you your own. It’s a futile effort if you yourself cannot see what you are worth.

Some people have a great capacity to love, but even that has its limits. Limitations imposed by the fact that we are human and as such are hampered by our own humanity. We have to learn to accept ourselves for others to accept us. Find the good in your soul and let it illuminate your life. Do not waste time in petty bickering and rumor mongering, life is too short and friends too few to waste.

Nothing in life is free; rather it is the value that we assign to it that differs. Reflections in life lead you to crossroads, and crossroads lead you to decisions. Decisions propel you both ways, forward or backwards. Friends should be a joy in one’s life and not an encumbrance. Life is meant to be lived richly. And I am meant to be me.