Motivational Mix

In an earlier post I mentioned how important a specific friend has been since elementary school - but she isn't the only friend who means a lot to me. In college, I was sent on a mission by my then-boyfriend to go out for an evening with some girls I didn't know. It was R's way of having me make friends since he was such a social butterfly and knew more people than I ever thought imaginable. That first night out with 5 girls was such an interesting experience because I was not only thrown into an evening I thought wouldn't be fun, but I learned so much from the women I spent time with. It took a while to make friendships with them, but it wasn't hard to connect on various levels based on interests, boyfriends, college events, and later life-changing events with marriages and babies.

I received a motivational mix in the mail today from a dear friend, D, who made it with the intent that when I listen to it I listen for a jolt, hint, or push toward what it is that I may be holding out on. I haven't listened to the entire CD yet because I'm sure it'll make me even more emotional than I was in NC when she talked about making it for me.

It's funny that when I was younger I always thought that to have great friends you had to live down the street from them, eat dinner at their house on occasion, make shopping trips at a spur-of-the-moment for the right shoes, go out for coffee, etc. But having a good friend really means making the time to talk and to listen when the other needs it - making the time to fly across the country for a weekend - and just making the other feel good with a nice message, email, picture, and even a CD.

I plan on listening to the rest of the CD tomorrow when I'm putting together my vision board/book. I haven't forgotten about it - I have just been putting a lot of time into thinking about the sections of my life that need visuals....
Thanks, D, for the CD. It really means a lot.