My Intuition Blog Experiment: The Gift of Casual Wisdom

It's Week 9, Day 2 of my blog experiment and today I've been thinking about the friends that have come into my life over the years. I wonder how we choose our friends or how they choose us because it rarely seems to be a thought-out decision. It just happens, for better or worse. As I've grown older, I've learned who to trust, although I've made plenty of mistakes along the way. And, as I grow older still, I think intuition is at the heart of finding new friends. It's not the same as when we were kids in school, when that one absolute best friend could break your heart and move on to someone new in the same week. The women who are now in my circle of friends tend to play different roles in my life, at different times. Some are fabulous listeners. Other have stories I need to hear. Some take my mind off of the petty problems in my life. Some make me examine the choices I make.

I think it's funny that with each move I've made over the years, within the first few weeks, I'll meet or run into the friends who tend to stick around in my life. They'll make an early appearance even if the friendship develops months or years later. And, as I'm about to make a cross-country move, into a new neighborhood with new friends, I wonder who will show up, especially since I've been prayerful about the people I hope to find in this next chapter.

I've just started to face and feel the ache that comes with leaving home and a group of people I care about an awful lot, people whose families are intertwined with mine. My neighbors and I have been through an emotional three years marked by more births, deaths, and life changes than any of us could have expected. And, I have no doubt we were all brought together for a reason, in a specific time and place. I don't know who or what comes next but I will happily carry these friends and their casual wisdom with me when I go. It won't weigh a thing.