Reflections of Life

…and the bridge that leads into life doesn’t change with the years, or with the centuries, or with the most painful turns in human affairs…All these pass over it, even as the unquiet waters pass beneath its smooth and perfect arch. To know someone, I need to hear them…and to feel known by them, I need to be heard by them.

The process of knowing and loving another person happens through conversation. I reveal something to help my friend understand me…they respond in a way that assures me that they value my revelation, and then they add something to help me understand them more intimately.

This back-and-forth is repeated again and again as we delve deeper into each other's hearts, minds, pasts, hopes and dreams. Eventually, a friendship is built and nurtured…Love is born - A solid, sheltering structure now exists in the space that was once between us - a space outside of ourselves that draws us to one another like the fragrance of a flower after a gentle summer rain.

There we are…there’s our friendship and a love that has blossomed - this bridge we've built together for our future…another time, another place…yet to be experienced.

I love you…AND this beautiful bridge we’ve built together friends! ❤