Friends are Gold

In the recent past I have realized that sometimes friends are more valuable than some of your actual family. It is amazing how, people who you picked to be in your life, are more willing to go out of their way for you than anyone else. I am really blessed to have some truly amazing people in my life.

Life really is too short to waste it worrying about trying to make everyone happy. I have spent a large chunk of my time on this earth worrying about everyone else. I realize that it is just who I am. But I do need to start focusing more on what will make me happier in the future. It has a lot to do with the relationships that you have in your life.

I love that all my friends feel they can turn to me for advice, but I realized I rarely ask anyone for their advice. Yesterday, while spending time with Gabriella, I realized I should ask my friends for their opinions or advice more often.

I also learned how much people really learn about you from spending time with you and showing an interest in your life. We were organizing the camper and half way through Gab was just putting things in places and then asking me if that was what I wanted. It caught me off guard how well she really knows me, until she put one soap in the bathroom and another on the kitchen counter and I asked her how she knew where I wanted each of them. Her answer was dead on.

I think I took for granted the fact that people can really give you great help and advice when you trust in them. I try to control everything and rely on no one. Yesterday it was amazing how fast we got the camper cleaned and packed when I really allowed someone else to help me. I relied on the fact that she knows me as a person and how I like my personal space.

It felt amazing to be able to do that. Not to mention it freed up time for us to go shopping. It just made such an impression on me. If I can learn to let go a little more life will be less stressful and I can get where I want to go a lot quicker. It's obviously going to be hard to let go of everything, because it is a process, but I want to try harder.

It was just an eye opener to realize who you can really rely on. We were out to dinner with a couple, we are good friends with, on Sunday and they put the thought in my head. How many close friends do you really have? It stuck with me. Yesterday just continued the thought of how valuable friends can be and I wanted to let you all know you should think about it too.