The Being and the Doing

Last night I had a profound experience: a whole evening spent with one of my oldest, dearest friends who created a space that was entirely about me and about what I was feeling.

Chalk it up to the one-off trauma or the emotional-aftermath abnegation thereof or both, but it seems like forever since my own well-being came first in my own mind and heart. My friend did that for me: he let me let myself off the hook, let me put myself on the front burner.

Accepting that I have friends who are there when I may need them is quite different from availing myself of their help and their wisdom when I do need them.

The complete man takes wisdom where he can get it, decides whenever he has opportunity and leans when his own strength runs out. Here's to a wisdom-seeking, decision-making, leaning, more complete me.