The power of love is what drives me to be a better person. It makes my heart beat, it makes my life feel complete, and it makes me stronger in my conviction to leap the hurdles I do every single day. I don't use the word "love" lightly (who really does, come to think of it?), especially in the sense where I say "I love you."
This morning, I woke up to a friend's message that she had something absolutely terrifying happen, and she wanted to thank me for being a huge influence in her life "before it was too late." I'm just now rereading what she said about that, but I was more concerned about what had started her thinking about the "before it's too late" part.
My immediate gut reaction was to sprout wings and to fly to her side as fast as I could; never mind that she was being well taken care of by her wife. If she needed me to be there, I would get there as fast as humanly possible. I was so scared I was going to lose her.
After the adrenaline rush abated, I started thinking about how to write down what drove me to that kind of extreme reaction, because I don't second-guess myself in situations like that. I don't question whether it is something that I can control, because of course I can't. But what I can do and can be is someone who is there no matter what.
I'm in love with my best friends. That sounds really cheesy, but it's true. Too bad we don't have Valentine's cards that express that kind of love. I challenge you to think about how much you love your best friends.
Wouldn't you do the impossible if they asked you to try? Wouldn't you drop everything and run to them as soon as they said they needed you? Aren't you with them through thick and thin? That's what I'm talking about — because you don't do that for everyone. You do it for family, you do it for your significant other. Why not say that your love for your best friends is just as deep and just as abiding?
To my best friends, I want to say: I love you. I care more than words can ever say about you and your well-being. You hang the moon and the stars and the sun in the heavens. You save my life by being in it, by being there for me when I need it most, by truly meaning it when you ask how I'm doing (because I'm too weak to ask you to listen) and being there when I'm breaking down. You're there to support me in the way only best friends can — which is not the same as family support, though it is similar — and you believe in me as only best friends do. I am so very lucky to have you. I love you.
