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| For a fella that lives in Grand Cayman.... My recent tan could compete!! TAKEN: DECEMBER 23rd, 2016 |
In September of 2014, I parked my butt at a small coffee shop in town to meet with a very close personal friend and co-worker.
He'd recently resigned from the company that we’d both worked for and wanted to meet to share where his journey was taking him next.
He'd recently resigned from the company that we’d both worked for and wanted to meet to share where his journey was taking him next.
From the moment he walked up to me and hugged me, it was like not a day had passed. I remember he had so much to say to me, that he wrote me a letter.
A tad surprised, I started to read. I could feel his eyes watching me as his powerful words brought me to tears.
Well, yesterday I walked into that very same coffee shop and he was sitting at the exact table we shared in 2014. Once again, we hugged. Just like 2+ years ago, it felt like not a single day had passed. Don’t get me wrong, we’ve spoken on the phone dozens of times; but the last time we were actually in the same time zone together was that rainy afternoon in the fall of 2014.
A tad surprised, I started to read. I could feel his eyes watching me as his powerful words brought me to tears.
Well, yesterday I walked into that very same coffee shop and he was sitting at the exact table we shared in 2014. Once again, we hugged. Just like 2+ years ago, it felt like not a single day had passed. Don’t get me wrong, we’ve spoken on the phone dozens of times; but the last time we were actually in the same time zone together was that rainy afternoon in the fall of 2014.
I don’t know about you but there are very few people I have met in my lifetime that I trust with all of my heart. Glen, is one of them. I went to work for the company he was a partner in so that I could specifically work with him. From the day I started, it was evident that his experience & knowledge were challenged by none. The other tidbit that came to fruition quickly? When we teamed together, we were unstoppable!
Anyway, my recap aside, we agreed to meet again next week before he returns to Grand Cayman. As I walked away I waved and yelled with a matter a fact and melodious, ‘I love you…’ Then, when I got home, I immediately opened my lock box and once again read his very powerful letter that was written September 29th, 2014.
It opened with, 'I wanted to take this time and let you know several things, as I have chosen to be so quiet over the last almost year.' The truth of the matter is that a strong friendship like ours doesn’t need daily conversation nor being together. I guess it’s because I feel that as long as our relationship lives in the heart, as true friends, we will never be part. Chatting face to face most certainly reinforced those points for both of us.
As 2016 closes and we greet 2017, there’s one thing I know for sure. The older I get the more evident it’s become that I am in need of fewer friends. For me, though an extrovert, the premise over the past year has evolved from quantity to quality. Hence, why in the next year, I intend on embracing only those that are truly sincere.
Merry Christmas Eve all. Hug those you love and be grateful for your blessings. Life is far too short to settle for anything less.
Peace Out.
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