Friends

People are funny, not in the ha-ha kind of way but in the I-find-that-interesting-way. The best way to see that is to look around at the people in your life. Not at your family, those people are strange and bizarre, at least mine are, no matter how you view them.

Look at your friends, those people you've let into your life, those who you choose to spend time with. This is actually a fun exercise in who you are. How you ask?

Well, think about one of your friends, got it? What personality traits spring to mind about them? Be honest, no one is listening in your head (I hope).

What would say about them? What things do you love/like about them? What traits annoy the crap out of you? Okay, got those? You can write them down if you need to...I'll wait...

How does this relate to you? Well, think about the part that you love/like and how this makes you feel. Are you missing that part in you and does this person fill that in you? Or does it compliment you because you both share it? The same question goes for things you dislike about them. Is this a reflection in you or is it something you need to learn from them?

How often do we evaluate our friends in our lives? Family, hell yes! Nothing is more bizarre the eclecticism of people who share DNA. Do you ever look at your friends and wonder what drew you too together? Why you stay together? What do they provide to you and you to them?

This kind of relationship is the most interesting in my life, the one I truly find fascinating. Spouses make sense, kids, parents & siblings make sense and how it's all connected and drawn together. But friends, friends are truly free will. And that makes them so very special.