Today has been one of those days.
From an alert going off at 4am to a few hours spent on hold on the phone with my bank getting some stuff sorted out. Just when I thought I had it figured out, I found out the action I took to meet a deadline for later tonight, was for naught. My transaction was placed on a 72 hour hold.
One of those times you scream bloody murder and then shrug until you can pick up the pieces.
As It happened today, there were plans for a friend to pick me up and a few of us getting together for a couple of beers. Definitely was glad of that break.
The friends who gathered are people who have mattered a lot to me over the last several years. I have always been a person who is pretty independent. I figure out how to do what needs to get done on my own.
In recent years some health issues and then the pandemic forced situations where I needed help. These people just reached out and said, ‘we’re doing this’ brooking no objection from me. And, quite frankly, I’d have been a prideful idiot to have tried to.
I happened across a quote from Helen Keller, “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.”
The gift of friendship and caring that comes from that circle of friends is truly one of the best and most beautiful thing in my life. It’s forced me to move out of a comfort zone of self-reliance. Not from one extreme to the other, but in practical ways. It was a lesson in which I learned that depending on others does strengthen bonds.
Their caring reaches out from the heart and touches mine. There are some others in my life who I greatly appreciate in much the same way. It makes me feel truly blessed to have them present.
So the day started off frustrating but it ended reminding me, there is much light to appreciate.
NOTE:
Shadowspub is a writer from Ontario, Canada. She writes on a variety of subjects as she pursues her passion for learning. She also writes on other platforms and enjoys creating books you use like journals, notebooks, coloring books etc.
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