Loving someone genuinely makes it easier to accept the person's imperfections and shortcomings. It dissolves the mask worn to hide feelings of shame and discontentment with self, and the pain that lies beneath becomes visible. Now, it is much easier to relate to ones suffering than to his wrath, to his insecurity than to his ignorance, but when a single common thread links two lives together, and compassion overrides all emotion of hatred, bitterness and despise... forgiveness is born.

If there is one thing I have always strived to be, thats a loyal friend.

I've had several friendships throughout the years that ended abruptly with many things left unsaid only to have years pass before amends were made and the friendship patched.  But some of those people have turned out to be my best friends of all, and they're the ones worth keeping. 

Its my goal to patch up as many of those "loose ends" as possible before I die without creating any more to fix. As unrealistic as that may be, I'm working on it and I've already had some success. :)

To all my friends and loose ends, I love you. <3

The pain of a broken heart is worse than any physical affliction could ever be because it runs deeper. It bypasses your bones with a clean cut and punctures the very fibers of your being.

As a young woman, I, too, have had my share of broken hearts. Fortunately, I was blessed with a friend who is wise beyond her years and who knew exactly what to say at the exact moment I needed to hear it.

She said to me, "What's meant to be will always find its way. If you're supposed to be with him, nothing will keep you guys apart. But fate has its own time frame. If you're not meant to be together, consider this a blessing in disguise - you don't want to be too preoccupied with Mr. Wrong to notice when Mr. Right walks into the room!"

While some may find this common sense, I had never thought of it this way before.  I wanted things to happen when I thought they should.  I wasn't realizing that maybe destiny was playing out the way it was supposed to, that this was preparing me for something even better to come along.

It still takes a while for a broken heart to mend, but once you realize how great it can be to let fate take its course, so many other great realizations come with it. :)