Just Keep Swimming
Has anyone ever heard the song “Gift of a Friend” by Demi Lovato? I’ve always loved this song; the lyrics spoke to me. In recent years, I realised that my love for it is because I’m living the experience it describes. I’ve had my best friend for 10 years this September, and honestly, our friendship has indeed been a gift.
I have been having an awful February, even though we’re just 11 days in. I was having a conversation with my Ella about it, and she basically said, “Just keep going.” Of course, I was struggling with trying because life felt like every time I took one step forward, something happened that set me ten steps back. She said that giving up was like never eating again because there was a possibility I could get food poisoning.
I’m a pessimist sometimes, and a realist all other times when I’m not being pessimistic. I felt like giving up was one option, and the only other option was not expecting good news if I didn’t. Ella reminded me about the beauty of just living, even if it ends up being a blessing, a lesson, or just an experience. This girl is always talking me off a ledge, even if she doesn't know it. I really lucked out when I met you girl (I know you'll read this).
Everybody always talks about meeting your soulmate romantically, but nobody talks enough about meeting your platonic soulmate. I've been blessed enough to meet my person; someone who's now my family, and who I can't imagine life without. I had been thinking really hard about what to post about today, and I've been in such a funk that it felt hopeless. I wanted to skip this week, but of course, I talked to my bestie, and I thought why not just honour her? This girl deserves the whole world man.
It's almost been five years since I last saw my bestie, but just know that there has never been one moment when I needed her, and she wasn't there. She's ever missed an important day, a birthday, a special occasion, or just a small celebration of the little wins. This friendship is living breathing proof that distance means nothing when hearts are in the right place. I say it all the time, and I'll say it again: "If I had a chance to do life all over again, the only thing I'd change is the 3,027 miles between us."
Whenever you read this, just know I love you. You make my life so much better by being in it. Thank you for always being my voice of reason, especially when I get too deep in my own thoughts. Thank you for everything - it's been an amazing 10 years. Here's to friendship - until all the wheels fall off.
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