Well, here I was sitting up late this night. Not tired enough to go to bed and not energetic enough to do anything very physical. I had decided to write some letters that I had been neglecting. I wrote a return letter to Deana, and figured I would finish there. But after I finished the letter to her, I felt a nagging to do more. I had promised to write Derek a letter but had not done so for a lack of anything interesting to write to him about. After all, I see him at least a few times a week. I began thinking about why he asked me to do this. The only thing that I could come up with was that the situation with his mother (her boyfriend leaving) was wearing on him and he needed a spark of good cheer to lighten the burden. Be this true or not, I commenced to writing my letter.
The letter I wrote to him was not some of my best literary work, but it got the point across. I explained in the letter what friendship meant to me. That it consists of many things. Acceptance, respect, happiness, compassion, support, understanding and especially love. I made sure to use examples of these applications and towards the end stated quite clearly that much of my definition had been formed from the examples of the people I call friend. And that Derek was, and always will be one of those friends. I made sure to let him know of the impact his friendship with me has made. I only hope it was presented well enough.
I finished the letter and thanked God for allowing me to be a positive motivational force to someone�s life. I thought to myself how lucky we are to have people we call friends and how fortunate to be able to support each other and make each other�s lives just a little more bearable. I thought of all the people I call friend and all the people I care about and was aware of the true feelings of love and happiness they have brought to my life. And somewhere in there, that little voice from above told me, �Hey!, isn�t it time you let them know that?� And it may have been my imagination, but I think I heard the devil running.
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