The Blog of dreamdancer

If you are fortunate, people come into your life when you need them. I had such a person come into my life and even though he was in great pain of his own he took notice and reached out a hand and saved me, taught me to smile again. I do not think he has ever had any real clue how close I was to not being. Now having had this great fortune, I find that it is my turn to give back to him. With life’s ups and downs and human beings being the frail unsure creatures that we are, I find the way to return the gift is to give him room so that possibilities may blossom. Now this could be a sad day but I cannot bring myself to think of it that way. No I choose to think of it as gift giving: the wrapping, the bows, and the card comprised of the sun, the moon and the stars of the endless universe holding within it life’s possibilities, removing any perception that I for one moment would cause this friend, for that is what he will always be, difficulty in having what he needs to be happy. Not I, not now, not ever….such is the ebb and flow of life. And if it is not this one, it will be another, and the story will be same because that is how human beings are, this will not change. So dear friend I am smiling…do not ever doubt it. Thanks for being there when I needed you.

Anna Garlin Spencer
The friendship between a man and a woman which does not lead to marriage or desire for marriage may be a life long experience of the greatest value to themselves and to all their circle of acquaintance and of activity; but for this type of friendship both a rare man and a rare woman are needed. Perhaps it should be added that either the man or the woman thus deeply bound in lifelong friendship who seeks marriage must find a still rarer man or woman to wed, to make such a three cornered comradeship a permanent success.