The Profound Mystery of Friendship

Friends and loved ones support one another in often inexplicable ways. They support each other best, however, when they let go of their their assumptions that they understand each other.

We understand next to nothing of those we are close to–their wishes, fears, hopes, dreams, efforts, and so on as they actually experience them. There is a profound mystery here–the mystery of ourselves and others as connected at a very deep level yet uniquely subjective and independent.

First posted on my Facebook Fan Page