Today I am appreciating how many friends I have who bring such an abundance of care, support, advice, direction, soothing conversation, concern and prayer to my life. It wasn’t always like that. Not because they wouldn’t or couldn’t but because I was too proud to let them know I had a need.

Learning to be free enough to say what is real for me in the moment hasn’t stolen anything from me. I use to be so afraid I would loose my power to control myself and my circumstances by admitting my weaknesses and my lack of confidence that I concealed them at all costs, or so I thought.

I now know nothing was really hidden from those who slowed down long enough to take a good look. They could read my tension and anxiety. They heard me trying to convince myself with those bold, over-the-top statements of exaggerated confidence. They weren’t fooled. I was the only one wasting my time pulling on my disguise over and over again.

What a relief just being who I am and acknowledging where I am at in a given moment. My friends are drawn to that kind of open honesty. It is like a key that opens up their opportunity to act from their inner character. It allows me to receive them as the loving, caring and giving people they are.

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