聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 I鈥檓 not sure who this quote is attributed to鈥� but it鈥檚 the truth: 鈥淔riendship is so weird鈥� you just pick a human you鈥檝e met and you鈥檙e like 鈥榶up I like this one鈥� and you just do stuff with them.鈥�
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I have many great friends, but there鈥檚 one I talk to nearly every day, we usually just tell each other what went on in the day or what we have coming up to do.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 We鈥檝e been friends since our second week of our first year of university. I didn鈥檛 know anyone and was feeling quite lonely going to my classes and sitting by myself. So, when I ran into this girl on my residence floor that I recognized from geography class I asked her if it was ok that next time I sit with her as she hadn鈥檛 been sitting with anyone either. I figured we were in the same boat.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I think this is why the quote from above seems so on the nose, I literally picked a human and we decided to start doing things together. Nine years later and I consider her one of my best friends.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 She and her wife are two of the greatest people I know. They鈥檙e the type of friends that would literally do anything they could for you if you were in need, the kind you can rely and depend on. This summer they actually planned with my parents to come visit me for Thanksgiving.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Sadly on the Friday they were supposed to come surprise me they had car troubles and were stuck in Calgary. I got a sad sounding phone call from them, they were disappointed and explained to me what they had all cooked up with my parents; but, that it wasn鈥檛 going to work out anymore.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I thought it was the sweetest gesture鈥� so, that same day I figured I would spin it around. Planning with my friend鈥檚 wife we picked a weekend they didn鈥檛 have too much going on and a week that I wouldn鈥檛 yet be slammed between work and coaching.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I had texted my friend in the morning, asking what she had on for the day, and she replied with just regular life things: work, grocery store, home. Nothing exciting planned. In turn she asked me, so I told her it was supposed to be a day of writing.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I arrived and was picked up by my friend鈥檚 wife, off we went to surprise her. While in the car I texted my friend that I was having a tough time writing鈥� her wife had also called her via Bluetooth to see what she wanted for lunch. It took everything I had not to say 鈥淗i!鈥� or start laughing, after all I had just texted her that I was struggling to find inspiration to write implying I was sitting in my office in Carlyle.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 So, it was quite a bit of fun when I showed up with her wife, lunch for us in hand, at her place of work.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 I think quite often we get caught up in life and forget to make the effort to see or talk to people we care about: friends or family. I got lucky in that my sister came home early on the Sunday, so I got to spend some time with her as well before making my way back to Carlyle.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 But, making time for people is everything. It shows that you care. And I do find it easier to make time for people who live further away because there鈥檚 the thought for those you live near that 鈥淥h, I can see them anytime.鈥� But, it鈥檚 not necessarily like that, you still need to put the effort in.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 So, despite hectic schedules, make sure you slow down and find a moment to 鈥渏ust do stuff鈥� with that random human you鈥檝e picked to be your friend. 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽
