You are what makes life that much sweeter..

In my life I have been truly blessed with at least one friend at all times that genuinely understands me and my situation, whatever it may be. Over the years I have gone through many different stages of change and growth. It's hard to go through changes with your friends. While you want them to grow, you want them to stay the same. Sometimes they don't change into people we want them to be. Sometimes they change and go through stages we don't understand or know how to deal with. The truth is being a friend is not always about liking every stage they go through or even why they are there, but more just having the understanding to love them through it. I'm talking mostly about myself. I know that I have been changing in ways I didn't know I could over the past few years, and it's been a struggle to explain those changes to people close to me. I am a different person than I used to be...and thank goodness for that. I'm glad that I'm changing and growing. I couldn't imagine a life of being stagnant Simply because I have chosen to grow in a different direction doesn't mean I'm growing in the wrong direction. That's hard to grasp for some people. What I have learned from my own changes is that I was far more judgemental than I thought I was back in the day. You can't tell someone what's best for them until you are in there shoes completely. Everyone has a different story, different circumstances, and different convictions. It's not as black and white as I used to think it was. I decided a while back to make decisions not based on what ANYONE else thought. Super hard thing for me to conquer. I value my family and friends opinions a great deal, however I had to come to the difficult conclusion they did not know what was best for me. Only I could decide that. All that aside. I have been so blessed to have at least one friend though everything that gets it...like really understands where I'm coming from and makes me feel like I'm not crazy or alone in the world. Right now I'm blessed with a few of those kinds of friends..THANK YOU. From the bottom of my heart..thank you for letting me use you as human diaries, and for making me feel like my very complicated life isn't as complicated as it may seem in my head, and for encouraging me and making me feel like I can conquer the world, and for loving me with sensitivity and understand through the things you don't agree with. You are what makes my life that much sweeter and I'm grateful!