-Leo F. Buscaglia
It’s in the hard times, that you start to sort your family, friends, and everyday acquaintances. You start to realize who takes the time to make sure you’re okay, lend a listening ear, or show that they’re thinking about you. It’s then, when you truly begin to value those people.
If you would have asked me a few years ago whether or not I thought I was a good friend, I’d say probably not. Call it stubborn teenage years, but I never really cared about the feelings of another. If I saw a girl crying in the hallway, I’d laugh most times. If something good happened to one of my friends, I never took the time to congratulate them. Little things like this, seemingly meaningless, have grown to become a very important part of my everyday life.
I like to consider myself a good friend. I will tell anyone who asks, I don’t have hundreds of friends. I have a fairly small group of awesome people that I consider more family than anything else, that’s how close we are. These are the people I love more than anything, and genuinely do care about. I’ll travel two hours to hang out and cheer them up, I’ll stand in line at the post office for forty-five minutes, just to make sure they get their Valentine’s Day gifts on time, and I’ll text them to see if the speech they’ve been stressing over went okay. None of that seems like work to me, because they are 100% worth my time.
Likewise, these are the few who have shown me nothing but love and caring, and I can’t thank them enough. A text with and inspirational quote always seems to show up on my cell just as I’m hitting a low point, they call to see how my doctors appointments go, or come sit with me when I get my wisdom teeth out. They’re the best.
You’d be surprised how far a little text, phone call, or small gesture of care can go. Best way to make someone’s day? Let them know they’re thought of.
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