"Building Friendships"

Over the past few days I had the opportunity to spend time with a man whose history is so different from mine as to be almost unimaginable. For our paths to have finally crossed is as a result of many curious twists and turns. Ten years ago we simply moved in different circles that never came in contact. If by some strange event we would have met then, we would have had exactly nothing to discusss! As a matter of fact I think it would be safe to say that any conversation would have had only negative tones.

So what's changed? Well I suppose we're both 10 years older but that alone isn't the difference. Unless perhaps you consider that in that time frame we both finally figured out what really matters to us. And then further to that you would have to conclude that we share those newly realized values. Despite our incredibly different adult lives I think that's exactly what happened and I am grateful.

“A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked"---Bernard Meltzer

love
peter