Why is connection so important?
Why is friendship essential?
Why do we need good friends in our lives?
Because friendship is a reflection of love
And love is the essence of life
It’s what gives us life
It’s what sustains life
And it’s what makes life beautiful
I got a surprise phone call
It cheered my heart
I heard from a dear friend
It consoled my soul
Connection
What we seek and what we need
Comradery
What we want
Our needs are not so complicated
After all
We don’t need fancy things
Or amazing experiences to feel happy
We need to have people in our Iives
Who understand us and are there for us
What we need is to feel loved
February 18th, 2018
Differences matter not
What brings us together is what we have in common
And what we have in common
May not be very apparent or easy to discern
What attracts us to another can’t always be put into words or reasoned out
What draws us close to another person is not always obvious
But perhaps not everything needs to be figured out logically
Maybe the realm of emotions can have its own secrets
February 9th, 2018
What does love mean
After the initial giggles and butterflies?
What does love mean
Besides a huge emotional upheaval
That changes one’s life?
What does love mean
Besides the pain of separation
And joy of reunion?
What does love mean
Besides laughter and happy times?
It means I’ll love you despite your shortcomings
Because I have those too
It means I’ll hold you when you cry
Because that time will come
It means I’ll walk along side you on the stony path
Life is full of those
It means I’ll catch you when you fall
Because you might
It means I’ll sometimes put you before myself
That I won’t get my way each time
It means I’ll problem solve and compromise
That I’ll be your companion for life
Love means I’ll work on our relationship each day
Because love needs nourishment
Love means we will walk this path together
Hand in hand, side by side
February 5th, 2018
I look at you
I listen to you with the ear of my heart
I focus on your face and your body language
I open myself to possibility
I leave judgement behind
I come from a place of compassion
I rejoice in your happiness
And am saddened by your sorrow
I acknowledge you
I add another few bricks to the house of
Our friendship
January 18th, 2018
A year in review
Of joy and of sorrow
Of cheerful meetings and sad partings
Of laughter and tears
Of excitement and fears
It’s been an eventful year again
Bonds of friendship have been strengthened
And because good friends mean so much to me
It has been an amazing and enriching year
December 31st 2017
I travel to meet people who are living a different life from mine
I enter their lives for a short time and having exchanged thoughts, ideas and feelings, I depart
Sometimes it will be years before I see the same people again
Sometimes I’ll never see them at all
It’s a short intense relationship
A connection of the hearts
And the fact that I won’t be with these friends for a while, seems not to matter
I don’t know why!
July 14, 2017
Amsterdam
