Friend

Today, reading some beautiful lines on friendship on Dawn's blog reminded me of something I had read and liked way back, so thought I should share this with everyone....

Each of us has a hidden place somewhere deep within our hearts;
A place where we go to get away, to think things through,
To be alone, to be ourselves

This unique place, where we confront our deepest feelings,
Becomes a storehouse of all our hopes, all our needs, all our dreams, and even our unspoken fears.

It encompasses the essence of who we are and what we want to be.

But now and then, whether by chance or design,
someone discovers a way into that place we thought was ours alone
And we allow that person to see, to feel and to share
All the reason, all the uncertainty
And all the emotion we've stored in there

That person adds a new perspective to our hidden realm,
Then quietly settles down in his own corner of our special place,
Where a bit of himself will stay forever
And we call that person............. a friend

Also worth reading is Autumn Leaves