What I Like About You

Someone once said, ~Every now and then, we find a special friend who never lets you down, who understands it all, reaches out each time we fall. You're the best that I have found, I know that you can't stay, but part of you will never go away. Your heart will stay. I'll make a wish for you and hope it will come true, that life will be kind to such a gentle mind, and if you lose your way, think on yesterday; remember me this way.~ There is no denying the feeling you get when you meet someone that you feel comfortable with and yet scared at the same time. Scared, not in the sense of turning around and running away, but rather facing that person's direction to where you simply face the fear that feels good within you.

There comes a point in life where you think nobody understands the particular situations one is going through. However, there is somebody out there who somehow knows what you are going throughand reassures you that you are not alone, even though you may feel like it at times. Fortunately, you have friends that you absolutely trust to have your back and comfort you when one needs them the most. In some aspect, that loneliness you feel is like being in the ocean and the so called waters of past hurts, as well as, the emotions that go along with it tend to be at times overwhelming to the point you feel like you're drowning, in the metaphorical sense of course. For everywhere you look there is no sign of help to throw you a life preserver to pull you out of the water and take you to safety.

Primarily, it takes someone who not only will reach out to you when you are "drowning" but also get into the water as well. The key factor in all this will and always be trust as you show that person that you're not just going to stand there and encourage him or her but physically be there at one's side. Oftentimes, those who supposedly encouraged you in the past and put your trust in to stay at your side turned their backs on you leaving not only you to "drown" in your emotions but also your heart to "drown" in sadness as well. Its that particular time when you are treading water, one wants to simply let go and sink within yourself and not come up; but there will be someone who will come along that won't give up on you and prevent you from "drowning" ever again.

Let me ask you this question, has there been or is there a person who you feel helped you or is helping you from sinking and consider him or her special in your life? Its that person that even though you only see him or her for either a brief moment of time or on a daily basis part of that person stays with you. A part of him or her that makes you smile when you think about that person to the point where acquaintances, friends, and/or family catch you at your most vulnerable. A vulnerability that at first you want to deny your experiences, but soon realize you can't help but feel that way and accept the truth within your own heart. Let me tell you something, every person has felt or is feeling that way and hopefully its a feeling you never want to go away.

In retrospect, whether you know it or not there will be someone who wishes for you the happiness that you seek in hopes that it will come true for you. For it maybe that someone who is standing in front of you and you don't even know it. Unfortunately, its an unknown when the happiness you seek will eventually come and he or she will metaphorically throw that proverbial life preserver towards your heart which arrivesjust in time for you. Ultimately, its that person whose selfless acts of kindness such as being there for you as a friend, making you laugh just to see that smile on your face, or simply spending a brief moment in with time with you just chillin' and hanging out with each other, which in the end, you say to that person or to each other that's what I like about you.