Friday, June 14, 2013
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Some of us do not make close friends easily. I have one friend. We have been friends for more than 30 years. Next to my actual family he is my closest connection in this life. It has been 30 years since I last made a good, close friend. Sad to say.
Working with entrepreneurs who come and volunteer at our Center for a year has been a wonderful experience. One of the volunteers came in as Mr. Gruff and Grumpy, but after a while he discovered I had a sense of humor and he suddenly turned into Mr. Hilarity. I can see us becoming "besties." The only problem is that he has finished his year of service and is about to leave to go home to Utah. In this life there are certain realities that are extremely difficult to overcome. We walk in different social circles. Of necessity we would have to live in different parts of town. We have almost prohibitively different opportunities in life. He goes on vacation and cruises all over the world. I have to content myself to traveling from zone to zone in World of Warcraft. We do what we can afford to do.
He gives the kind of thought and care to writing a check with three zeros at the end of it that I give to writing the same check with one zero at the end. Let's face it, unless we actually sought each other out there is no coincidental place the two of us would ever meet each other. Once he leaves I will probably never see him again, unless he happens to fly back to Hawaii to visit where I work.
I finally have found a person who thinks and feels akin to my thoughts and feelings, but I can't be friends because we are not in the same social class. But I will be forever grateful that I met him and his wife, they are the absolute salt of the earth. Perhaps when we get into the next life and the playing field is a little more level we can be the friends this life prohibits us from becoming.
Working with entrepreneurs who come and volunteer at our Center for a year has been a wonderful experience. One of the volunteers came in as Mr. Gruff and Grumpy, but after a while he discovered I had a sense of humor and he suddenly turned into Mr. Hilarity. I can see us becoming "besties." The only problem is that he has finished his year of service and is about to leave to go home to Utah. In this life there are certain realities that are extremely difficult to overcome. We walk in different social circles. Of necessity we would have to live in different parts of town. We have almost prohibitively different opportunities in life. He goes on vacation and cruises all over the world. I have to content myself to traveling from zone to zone in World of Warcraft. We do what we can afford to do.
He gives the kind of thought and care to writing a check with three zeros at the end of it that I give to writing the same check with one zero at the end. Let's face it, unless we actually sought each other out there is no coincidental place the two of us would ever meet each other. Once he leaves I will probably never see him again, unless he happens to fly back to Hawaii to visit where I work.
I finally have found a person who thinks and feels akin to my thoughts and feelings, but I can't be friends because we are not in the same social class. But I will be forever grateful that I met him and his wife, they are the absolute salt of the earth. Perhaps when we get into the next life and the playing field is a little more level we can be the friends this life prohibits us from becoming.
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