Friendship is born at the moment one person looks at the other, and says, “What! You too? I thought I was the only one!“
C.S. LEWIS
When do you know you are friends with another person?
Does the realization of this happen instantaneously or does it happen over the course of time and continued exposure?
We are often encountering new people, and the ones who ultimately become our good friends are fairly few and far between.
Some friendships are convenient. Some are tangential. Some are strategic. Some are romantic… and some are those who you welcome into your heart as family.
In the course of building relationships of that power and dynamic, a threshold is clearly crossed in which we are aware of a new dynamic, whose unknown variables give cause to build a relationship of greater magnitude than we might have at first imagined.
They say that in a relationship, we are often pleasantly surprised to see parts of us in others. We build a bond, predicated upon commonalities, which we presume will start to forge such a relationship.
There is deeper calling with each of us to find meaning in life through whichever pathways we are most likely to achieve.
In the course of our choosing to do this, we are ultimately recognizing variables that appeal to us, so that we may find our own happiness, contentment and greater joy in the life experience.
When you find such a person, hold on to them with your most definitive effort, for they are among life’s greatest treasures.
One of the only things in life that is irreplaceable is a friend who has known you for a very long time.
Happy Wednesday!
Brian Weiner 