Amazing Friends and Other Thoughts

I've never really gotten the chance to be the best friend I could for those I love... or maybe I have but just wasted it.

I have a ton of amazing friends that have been there for me so many different times, but so rarely do I truly love and take care of the people I love the most, this is especially true with my best guy friends. And I know that to a degree, men and women can't really be there for each other. But at the same time, I also believe that there's something that both men and women can bring to the table when in a friendship, so I gotta wonder, what do I have? Is there a quality or trait I bring to the table?

I have 3 best guy friends.

The first is my daddy, he is my hero for so many different reasons, but one of the biggest is his willingness to listen to me talk about a subject, a subject that he may hate or not care anything about, patiently wait for me to finish and then always has a new perspective, scripture, and wisdom. To me, he brings wisdom and love.

The second is my brother, probably the one I have done the worst job of loving out of all my friends, not always giving him the honour, respect or space he wants or deserves. We fight often, usually in fun, but I think sometimes we (me especially) don't see when our fun turns into hurtful words or actions. But when we're not goofing around or fighting, we are usually talking about interesting things such as poetry, philosophy, and theology. He challenges the way I think and feel about the world. He reminds me to make time for thought. To me, he brings poetry.

The third is my cousin, and he's a genius. No, really, he is. He is also my card playing buddy, fun, funny, interesting, weird, and probably the most patient man I have ever met, for as long as I have known him, he's always willing to wait or explain again what he's explained, like, a thousand times before. He is one of my best friends for so many reasons but the thing I most admire about him, and the thing that has often been the thing that held me together was just this. To me, he brings patience.

Each of these men have qualities and traits that they bring to our friendship that if I were to label them all we would be here forever, but they are obviously amazing.

I feel I have gotten away from my point, though this post has left me with many questions, the biggest has to be how can I love and honour people to my best ability? I don't have to be anybody's best friend, but I do want to love people the best way I can.... I guess that's a new discovery I get to make, what skills I bring to love people in the best way possible and do that, whatever it may be, wholeheartedly.

So until next time,
Cori