I’ve been requested to allow a new acquaintance/relationship time to move through the many stages of friendship.
Quite honestly, I am SO not in the mood to wait or be patient in this arena.
So of course since that request [and my overt resistance to being patient] I have spent time with a different friend of 16 months, experiencing a new level of friendship that not only did I give up expecting, I did not believe possible. We talked. I learned new information about who he is at the core of his being. He, most uncharacteristically, shared how he felt about about a personal matter on a new subject. I mean, not surface superficial crap, but some heartfelt sentiment. No tears mind you but a level deeper than we typically visit, of late, maybe ever.
Whats more, I got a chance to share my somewhat raw feelings on a related subject. He listened. Seemed to understand; finishing a statement of mine which hurt too much for me to complete. Did not abruptly change the subject. Did offer genuine, believable to me, welcomed support.
Oh, so this is what it could look like to be in a relationship built over time and encompassing trust. I’ll be damned!
I am grateful for every where present Source vividly and dramatically demonstrating how I might benefit by allowing the request made of me to progress.
But still, the impatience…
And so it is!
EveryWherePresent 