GOT INSIGHT?

This weeks Got Insight is about Friendships The meeting of two souls who had or have a connection and how those connections can change in the blink of an eye.

Welcome Got Insighters!

Throughout my life I have called many fine people friend. I have had many teacher and mentors who I have also called friend. While I’m not someone who has a great numbers of people in my inner circle I certainly don’t know a stranger and will converse with anyone. It always interests me when a new friend arrives or an old friend leaves that circle. And I tend to examine the why of it.

I was having a conversation with a dear friend several weeks ago about this very topic. We were speculating on how relationships between friends change and grow and sometimes fade. How they come out of seemingly nowhere at times. You can often feel that you have known the person from another time and place, the relationship is easy and fluid. We were pondering on the spiral of things and how the circle of life is in consistent motion. How the need of one or both parties in the friendship and once addressed you have a choice to build on the friendship or release it. There are times when we come to a place in our journey where we are pulled to help or be helped by another and when we are lucky those needs are met with friendship as well. These interactions help us grow, they expand out knowledge of self and the universe.

Should you be sad when a friend drifts away? How about joyous when a new friend enters your space? I know people who are frightened of new friends and mistrusting of other so much so it paralyzes them into stagnancy. Friendships are often like looking at a road map. Some roads travel the same route for a time and then separate either to never reconnect or maybe rejoin further into the journey.

We draw to ourselves what we need to give and what we need to learn for good or bad. We draw to ourselves those who will help us grow, those who can help us see the truth of ourselves. Some say that others are a reflection of ourselves and I think is very true. But the mirror is a very interesting thing. It reflects and we perceive that reflection as good or bad, complete or incomplete, and like our attitude the mirror can show us glass half full or glass half empty. It is what we do with this observations that is so important.

I guess my point in this blog is that like the Celtic triple spiral-Triskele the featured picture about. We are all connected and flow from the same source. We need to be open to and observant of these comings and goings, the growth and fading of our relationships both causal and intimate. If we don’t look we may miss the lesson and have to repeat the same scenarios as we unconsciously go through our days. When you discover a good friend grow with them. In those situation when the person is not for your best and highest good, let them go lovingly to find their good elsewhere and learn from the relationship so you do not have to repeat it.  

This week be aware of your relationships. You may be amazed at what you see.

May we all be as one!

Rhonda R Carpenter