Today while at work, I bonded with a girlfriend of mine thru email. In the course of our email exchange, my gf has shared with me the stresses she's going through. I was comforting her and giving her encouraging words. At one of her replies, she told me "para lang kasing ang malas ng month na to and the past month. gusto ko lang naman maging masaya". Reading this, I felt how low she's really feeling these days and other than to be with her even if only through email, I felt that there's nothing else I can do for her.
Tonight, while I was resting before dinner, another girlfriend called me up and she sounded distressed over some legal matters. I could hear in her voice the panic and fear. Although, in all fairness to her, I also sensed her attempt to stay calm. At once, my brain was working double time, trying to mentally review my phone book who I can call for a consult. Thankfully, there are some lawyers in my company with whom I can consult; just a phone call away. Thank God for them! And so for a time, I was like the middle person between my friend and the company lawyer I consulted. At the end of all the phone calls and text messages, I resumed my dinner. It was during this time that some realizations came to me.
One realization was that, God really send people in our lives who complement us. He makes us friends with people who have the capacity/ability that we don't have in ourselves. And for some weird reason, I was reviewing the events in my life this year (the downs and ups) and I also realized that at the time when I was emotionally down, my friends' lives were "drama free", hence, I was able to run to them and find solace in their love and company. And now, when I can honestly say that I've recovered, I believe that it's my turn to pay them back of some the love and help they gave me.
Sometimes, I get "praning" that one of my friends will have a big problem and they won't tell me about it, keep it to themselves and just end up doing something stupid, like commit suicide. God, I couldn't bear it if that ever happens! I always pray about my friends, not as specific as saying each of their names, but in a general manner like "Papa God, please take care of all my friends". But of course, if there are some who ask me to pray for them for specific intention, I do include them in my petition prayers at Pink Sisters.
Friends are indeed one of the God's finest gift to us! To all my friends, let me share these verses from the song "Make You Feel My Love":
When the rain
Is blowing in your face
And the whole world
Is on your case
I could offer you
A warm embrace
To make you feel my love
When the evening shadows
And the stars appear
And there is no - one there
To dry your tears
I could hold you
For a million years
To make you feel my love
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