Within Those We Trust

~ Within Those We Trust ~

When I see people talk about how others don't check on them or communicate consistently over time, saying their not the kind of people to have in their life. I look back to a time I thought I would have those that knew the best at my side, checking on me, and being even more present. I was on my deathbed, by all rights and consideration, yet I had friends driving by my regularly not once stopping, other's knew and never made attempts to stop their lives for a moment to show care at the end of mine, whether friends I'd know for years, or family I've known my entire life, and trusted with my life, most never tried. It was devastating as I went through the hardest time and as far as I knew the end of my life, to think all those I poured myself into didn't understand how much a moment of their time at the end would've meant.

But that did showed the value they saw and knew within me. I had 1st graders that didn't know me send me cards of encouragement, people that had never heard of me gave prayers, and support from all over, all of which I am very grateful.

My point is that anyone can show care and support, whether you know them or not. The only reason the ones you know can seem like they don't care is because you care about them. When I finally got back to living my life again I did a lot of soul searching, I lost those friends and family I knew, weren't worth the effort they didn't put into me at such a dire moment. What I forgot is why they mean so much in the first place, it's because they poured into me before, and many time and time again. All in their own way, and for it they became friends, family, and all around people I cared about and for, even until all was hopeless.

Also, it was clear to understand after I grasps their true value that my desire for them to give up a moment of their day to see my brokenness was never what I wanted. I have tried to do all I could to help others find joy, blessing, hope, and the light in the darkness, and at that point I was darkness, and not joyful.

After all these years, I still am blessed with a random message, call, or time to share with various amazing blessed individuals from all my life, and I will always be thankful to answer and enjoy the connection we have.

So whether you don't hear from friends or family for a day, month, years, decades, or lifetime, know your time together can be a gift of a lifetime, a connection built so eloquently and surely that the next time you recall it will be a glorious moment to cherish all over again, and maybe you both might have many more to share in these connections of a lifetime.

"The moment past, the memories fade from all that one treasures, yet when these treasures are shared with many, the moments become eternity, and memories live as legends"