‘I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze. But I think maybe it's both. Maybe both is happening at the same time.’
Forrest Gump is my hero. The character so simple and powerful at the same time. An anchor for people floating around him though he never realized that. Some appeared in his life for seconds, others for years , all of them were touched by his innocence. A parable of a great human life.
Lately I’ve been devoting a lot of thought to friendship. I’ve been blessed with a great number of friends in my life and this number has increased greatly in recent times. And I will never stop being grateful for that.
Friendship is the core of life. Everything essential comes from it. You make friends with your childhood toys, your pet, the landscapes that surround you, your work. The whole knowledge of life comes from it. Or the lack of it if you don’t…
People are the crucial part here, of course. The anchors. Or the sails. They come and go, some of them stay for life, others just pass by, but never leaving you indifferent. Sometimes you think they are going to be here forever and it hurts when they aren’t but pain is as natural as death as a part of life is…
Looking back, I recall all these faces and all these eyes my world reflected in then. My first high school love… Endless conversations, support, the first sparkles of passion… He dwarfed me and I sank in his broad shoulders when he hugged me and whispered in my ear: ‘I’m sorry, I can’t handle that. You are at least three sizes bigger than I am, I’m never going to keep up with you…’ When we meet now, once in a blue moon, a glance is enough to know that the friendship is still there…
And another friend, a very special one. He has been exceptional for many different reasons. We knew from the start that our time together was limited and very short although I think we both pretended it wasn’t or just didn't want to think about it. And perhaps that’s why we wanted to make the best use of our time trying to learn each other as much as possible. The real kindred spirits. The conversations by the fire, in the cloud of cigarette smoke… ‘God made the world simple, it’s us who complicate things.’ ‘Nothing happens without a reason.’ One finished the sentences started by the other. Jumping from subject to subject as if we’d wanted to cheat the time and manage to share it all. Jokes and fun. And the passion sparkling beneath which exploded afterwards… And later - longing, hankering, and lots of unsatisfied needs which neither of us could or wanted to satisfy… And then the silence came… Predictable, but painful… Still, what I got is invaluable now and experiences enriching your life are worth the high price you pay.
There was a little string in me
tiny
silent
untouched.
One night
it sounded million colors.
Thank you.
Recently I’ve been blessed which other special people who came into my life. Now they are far away from me but it doesn’t mean they are not with me. As one of them wrote: ‘Good friends are like stars. You don’t always see them but you know they are somewhere there just for you.’ Professional acquaintances turned out to be real kindred spirits and the bond between us is the foundation you can build on. For many years to come, I hope…
And there are friends who have just always been and you know that they will. The certainty. The rock. The bond between you is the absolute. Unconditioned acceptance of who you are. Support every night and day. Doubled joy and pain divided into two. There are no words to describe it. Everything would be a cliché. I just want to thank you, Agnieszko…
Friends are like jewels. They enrich your life and adorn it. You can live without them but then you are just plain. They shine in the sun and sparkle in the dark. They can cut like a diamond and make you bleed like a ruby, be soft and warm like an amber or just render you speechless like a sapphire, my favorite. (By the way, did you know that sapphires change color when you have been betrayed?) And there is a long list of them, the gems of different colors and structures, precious stones and talismans which bring you luck and change your life so that it will never be the same. It doesn’t matter how long they will stay, though it's natural you want them to be with you as long as possible. Still, what you get is the EXPERIENCES – the tissue your life is made of.
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