((((Griffe)))))

I want my medal of friendship from you, ok!

I care and am so sorry things seem to have caught up with you again.

I go with the flow when I actually do remember it's an option, and it seems to help me.

Like, I know that the great times don't last forever, for anyone, (it's part of this life), I realize neither do the bad times.

The future is unknown, so it helps me to stay curious.

How much better can I make things today ... so I do not re-injure myself looking back, as that used to happen way too often (and still does occasionally), unless looking back has some profit in it for me or someone else, I push forward because I know that is the direction I'm going in.

I gave up hassling over each day, with struggling so much, just this year, in fact.

I decided to gracefully improve my life and not resist life as it is presently, with it's problems, health issues, heartache, annoyances, all of it.

In spite of these very real and important circumstances to me, I decided to do whatever I can to make these days more bearable.

Now that has paid off a bit, so I am working on filling my time with moments that I know are foundational.
I decided to write a new, improved life script for myself, even though I do not know what outcome there will be, I am still doing it.

I lost friends this year too, Dear Griffe, when I got ill, and the people I used to have in this life who supported me, are gone now. Life has it's difficulties and loss is the harshest part to me ... and it seems for you too.

What a blessing PC was to find during the re-shuffle.
Your friends here are real, just as Doc John is real or Muffy or Fuzzy or NoWheretoRun and a host of others ... you can tell they are because they show up when you need them, right?

Meanwhile, IRL, it is like a garden ... opps ... I feel Chauncey channelling ... lol! Peter Sellers, what a good s.o.b.!

Plant good seeds of friendship in real life Griffe, like you have here, and be patient.

I'm doing that now. It's a stretch yet a worthwhile project, starting over again in a new direction, meeting new people, going toward new experiences, even with cancer, (that scares many people off) ... I do it anyway.

What have we got to lose?
Think what we have to gain.

Be the friend you want to have, I remind myself.
I am seeing the results already. My phone rings again! My mail is worth getting too, because I don't scare easy anymore, lol, not after all I have been through to date.

You can go there too!
I see you, like me, able to make this time an opportunity for change and renewal.

You get to be the man you always wanted to be. Nobody can stop you, Dear Griffe.
Be that Guy ... in your heart, and you have planted a very fine, rare, valuable seed.

How lucky people will be to know you!

Be patient with your garden Griffe. It takes time to grow and then it needs room to bloom!

Love your Friend,
night
xoxoxoxo