Many moon friends are rare….we grow….we share…..we know without discussing where each one has been, we were there, we have history together. We don’t have to have long discussions to remember where we’ve been or know the perspective of why something affects us so……there is comfort in knowing someone has walked through the hard times with you and remembers.
As I grow older, I find that the way I hold the treasure of a friendship is different, it is perhaps more appreciation than before when it was something vital for my heart. I love them, love who they are, but have learned to let them go from my tightly clutched love……more distance doesn’t cause pain, or loss, more freedom to allow them to grow, if even away from me, from us, from what we shared…..to enjoy their success and yes, even their fun, when it is in no way connected to me any more, and to enjoy mine the same…..that our friendship no longer feeds the growth that they have achieved…..which is the goal isn’t it….to nurture people until they love themselves…..and allow them to begin to love others until those new ones can love themselves. This letting go of others, allowing the release …..its a difficult part of friendship….but its also a part of the journey, learning to know when its okay to simply let them go…..love is truly never lost, its simply allowed to be given differently….and what simple joy it is when you realize that you do indeed love them enough to let them go.
