of friends and strangers...

It's truly amazing how a stranger can waltz into your life out of nowhere and with it bring a 'light' that is indeed rare and somewhat beautiful. People say that love works in funny ways. As true as that is, the statement also applies to friendships. At the most unexpected turn, you find someone so different from you and yet not quite opposites either, someone under normal circumstances you probably would not have had the good fortune of meeting. And yet as the world turns, as God works His plans, you chance upon a stranger who at times renders you speechless, or makes you smile on your own. Truly, God is great. When you're down and troubled, He sends someone to make you laugh, someone to talk to, someone to listen to. A friend to lighten the troubles and show you that there are still things to smile about. It takes a stranger sometimes to light up your darkest hours. With something as simple as a mere text message, or a phone call, or having coffee somewhere. A rare friend, that's what this stranger is. A regal, refined individual. A gentleman, a kind soul. Someone who seems to have stepped right out of a 1950's film. There's a certain kind of charm in the way he writes, the way he talks, the way he carries himself. I can't quite find the right words to describe him, but all I can say is that this person is a wonderful friend. In the short period of time that I have known him, it is amazing how he has already made me laugh and smile, and cry as I listen to the words of a poem that he had penned down some time ago. Friendships are forged under the craziest circumstances sometimes. And yet they find a way to flourish, with a light that shines bright as day and kindness that envelops like the breeze at night.