TRUE FRIENDSHIP - A TREASURE by Loracoak

We all remember and treasure the love we received from friends throughout our lives and each degree of friendship will shape our heart journey. A friendship between two individuals that is true is maintained because the trust and sharing of honest emotions remains throughout a lifetime, or even beyond. In the same breath, a friendship, which isn’t genuine, or has been forged through deceit, can often destroy the inner spark of light we treasure. It can forever extinguish the peace we find through trusting another with our inner hopes and dreams.
We each have our own ways of valuing friendship. To some of us a best friend may be someone we can call out of the blue or someone we expect to drop anything they are doing just to give us the time we require. To others, friendship may be casual and someone we merely wave to out of the comfort of our car, or work side-by-side on a daily basis without any after-hours interaction. To me, a true friend has the ability to sense when I am in need and able to share an unspoken gesture when I am feeling low. Often that heartfelt need to connect is because I’ve experienced a ripple in my energy and recognize beyond a doubt that a friend needs me to reach out and touch. I can honestly say I have known a few friends in this life that have given me that bond of security and also a few, where that bond was shattered in an instant. I will spend the rest of my life seeking out these quality friends who will remain faithful within my heart even after my physical time on earth has ended.
Often the love of friendship is nurtured and allowed to cross the boundaries. Those boundaries are the imaginary lines that society puts between what is acceptable of a friendship and what we, on each individual plateau of development, decide to create as actuality. Romance often becomes an intimate ingredient, and this direction changes our destiny. The important thing we must remember is that friendship has to be the forever-cherished force and even placed above hopes and dreams at times. That is when we must follow our heartstrings and trust our inner voice to guide us.
In this magical world we call the Mist, we rely on our instincts to trust the unseen and often forever unknown. We learn to accept encouragement from strangers we would never know or meet in the realm of our own realities. We no longer have the need to see with our eyes in order to believe in the existence of a person sitting a world away across the screen from us. We learn to make the human connection of friendship based solely on words we express from the heart. In many instances we choose never to see the face across the distance, or hear the actual voice behind the typewritten words. Our only requirement becomes a promise from the other end to be honest and truthful as we connect in front of the glow of an electronic screen.
For me, in this electronic age, I reach a need to hear the actual voice or look into the eyes connected to the written words. On rare occasions I experience a touch, a colliding of the fantasy with the reality. I receive a gift, being allowed to gaze into the eyes of my friend and experience a smile I’ve envisioned across the miles. With each encounter I am forever changed. I become more aware of the vast world around me, and how small my kingdom actually is. I learn how different we are, and yet we have so many qualities in common. We must take the chance to reach out in our mist and find that far-ever friendship.