Connections.

I've been ambling through my various friendships recently and have realized something:

I don't have to be around someone for very long to form a deep connection of the spirit and heart.

In fact, I usually am not.
I usually have brief encounters in which I instantly fall in love with a soul, form an attachment, and then continue to adore and deepen our love from afar.

What I love is that many of these relationships continue to prosper, despite the distance, and some of my favorite people are of these. Well, all of them.
Of course, because of my natural instinct to love, I have a tendency to consider everyone my favorite person, at least for a moment.

But my top favorites?

The ones that when I think about, make me instantly smile.
The ones that when I have any contact with, bring about a childlike giddiness to my heart.
The ones that I would bend over backwards to visit.
The ones that make my voice change pitch because I am that excited to talk to.
The ones that when I met, I felt an instant connection with.
The ones that I just want to hug.

They are my closest friends, whether I speak with them on a regular basis, or at odd intervals in the passing months.
There is always that sense that they belong in my life; that they have always been there, and always will be.
They are the ones that I met once and knew would be in my life forever.
They are the ones who, though far away, are near all the time.
They are the ones always in my heart.

I don't know if they even know who they are, or the place they have in my heart. But for months now, though not recorded, my ambling has gone out to them.

There’s a miracle of friendship that dwells within the heart
And you don’t know how it happens or where it gets its start
But the happiness it brings you always gives a special lift
And you realize that friendship
is God’s most perfect gift.
.Anonymous.