Friendship

Life: Lost and Found

February 13, 2012

Last night we had dinner with a couple of old friends.  We’ve known each other for more than 20 years and even though nowadays our paths don’t cross as often as before, each time we get together it is as if we’ve just seen each other yesterday.

During the enjoyable dinner, it once again occured to me that life is not so much a game of wins and losses as much as a process of lost and found.  Along our journeys, at times we lose sight of what is important and chase after things that don’t matter in the end, sometimes losing our way doing it.  As we grow, we find and discover what really matters to us.  And more often than not, when we make those discoveries, we find out that the things that are important, the things that matter, are things that we already have with us all along. :-)

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You’ve got a friend in me
You’ve got a friend in me
When the road looks rough ahead
And you’re miles and miles
From your nice warm bed
Just remember what your old pal said
Boy, you’ve got a friend in me

Tonight we took Taylor to see her first movie…Toy Story 3, in 3D!!  She had such a great time!  With the 3D glasses on, I actually saw her reach her hand out towards the screen several times during the movie to touch the characters….a sure sign that the 3D technology works! :-)

You’ve got troubles, well I’ve got ‘em too
There isn’t anything I wouldn’t do for you
We stick together and we see it through
You’ve got a friend in me

Anna and I had a wonderful time seeing her so thrilled.   At times we were laughing harder at her reaction than what was going on in the movie. :-)   But as the “friendship” theme of the movie develops, and the familiar theme song plays (you’ve got a friend in me), both of us started tearing up…deep wounds do not heal easily.  Especially those inflicted by “friends”.

But if there is one thing we have learned over the past few years, it is not to take friendship for granted.  So while we lament the loss of people we thought were “friends”, we celebrate the fact that there are those who have proven their friendship during the most difficult days of our lives.  If it is true that in life,  ”to those who had been given much, much will be demanded”, one of our “core mission” the rest of our lives is to give back friendship.   To live our lives to say to others in our lives, “You’ve got a friend in me.”

Some other folks might be
A little bit smarter than I am
Bigger and stronger too
Maybe
But none of them will ever love you the way I do
It’s me and you
And as the years go by
Boys, our friendship will never die
You’re gonna see
It’s our destiny
You’ve got a friend in me

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Friends and Family…

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Happy New Year!

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First time "back"…

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Last Saturday I went to a Christian organization to speak.  It was the first time in more than a year that I have spoken in a “Christian” context.  I really didn’t give it much thought when I accepted the invitation.   A friend of mine works for the organization and they needed a speaker, so [...]

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Friends

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On Fireworks and Friendships

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Last night I went with a few friends to watch the Canada Day fireworks show at Miliken Park in Scarborough. I first proposed the idea because I wanted to learn to photograph fireworks, and since my two other friends are also into photography and we are all at the same level, I thought it’ll be [...]

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