The miracle of friendship can be spoken without words... hearing unspoken needs, recognizing secret dreams, understanding the silent things that only true friends know.
Friend is a strong word. Often overused, often overstated. I remember hearing a preacher proclaim that over the course of your lifetime you will have numerous acquaintances but few friends. Acquaintance's can occupy years or moments. Folks we relate too over the years or quick encounters over a meal or visit, or shared experience all fill the acquaintance bucket of our lives.
Friends on the other had are those folks that know what makes us tick, see us with our guard dropped and share our laughter. They encourage our dreams and accept our shortcomings. I heard a lyric from a U2 song today that said "laughter is eternity". Friends are those folks we will look up in eternity.
So on the subject of laughter I thought today's post would plug an author that has made me literally laugh out loud on airplanes, while waiting for appointments and in the quiet of my room. Christopher Buckley was recommended to me about 8 years ago from a friend. My first Buckley book was "God is my Broker." It's a hilarious tale of a monastery in financial trouble. God and wine come together to save the monastery in a real laugh out loud adventure.
Buckley is the son of noted conservative icon William F. Buckley and has 12 other books that will have you holding your stomach as you read them. "Boomsday", "Thank you for Not Smoking" and "Little Green Men" are all side splitting page turners that will not disappoint.
So back to friendship. True friends fill us with laughter. They laugh at us and with us. And in that laughter we experience the miracle of friendship.
ACTION POINT: Pick up a book by Christopher Buckley and share a laugh with a friend.
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2 comments:
It is indeed a miracle. Thankful for that today.
Thank you.
I feel fortunate to have some very special miracles in my life. :-)
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