REMINISCENCE: A Friend that Stays Closer than a Brother

Dawn awakes again. The whistling birds, cockerel's crows, the faint glimmer of the rising sun, the pee-pee of car horns, the noise of the city awakening...The fresh breath of the morning air - ahhh! It was just like every other mornings.
She stretches, unwinding her body from the tangles of the bedsheets and slowly opened her eyes against the shaft of light that have charted a course through the window blind by itself.
Another morning, another day. Would today be a little different from the other day... Wait! But it's got to be. It's a new day, isn't it?

Except that she still got the same thought as of yesterday weighing heavily on her mind. Love, betrayal, hurt and pain. They've become like tormenting plagues to her... Her worst nightmare. They are not just in her thoughts alone now; when she walk, when she talk, when she breath... She's become like the hunted except that what haunts her can't be physically addressed. Doesn't make sense to her in the least. Suddenly, these putrefying corpses are rising out of the the tombs to taunt her.

Deep within, she longed for something special, longed to unburden her mind- to share part of the weight with someone who truly cares. Not like the empty words of people who pretend to care but doesn't give a hoot about what really happens to you. People say they care for each other but when it came to actual action, alas, you'll be left alone faster than a shooting star; like a wounded soldier in front of a battle line. That discourages her. Who's she gonna talk to and her dignity and confidence would be preserved? People don't just wake up one morning to trust another with their secret thoughts, otherwise you'd wake up another day to discover you have been taken to the world's grape vine and gossip mill for a press and a grind. Nah! One needs to be real careful.

"A friend that stays closer than a brother" Where did she hear that from? Does anything like that exist? If it does, well, hahaha - glory to God!, that's what she earnestly needed and that's what she meant to get.

Friendship is an oil that lubricates some frictions of life. However, true friends are rare. If you've got one, then you must be one of those lucky ones God smiled specially on at creation. Life is much more easier and comforting when you have someone who can be your second eye and watch your back. Someone you can count on and turn to in your hour of need. Need doesn't have to be about finances or about desires or about material things. It could be just about sharing your thoughts, your pains, your frustrations, your challenges, your difficulties or your weaknesses. It is about letting your guard down without the fear that you''ll be betrayed, abused or exploited. She really envy those who's got that already. She'd give an an arm and a leg to have that.

This globe house we all live in is an entire system of inter-connectivity  and inter-dependence. No man is an island unto himself, neither can a tree make a forest. She's got a problem and if God has kept the solution in the hand of another, then she'd need to saddle up and ride to discovery. After all it's been said 'a problem shared is half solved,' Who knows, the solution she's searching for could just be lying in someone's hand. God help her. She really need to discover "that friend that stays closer than a brother."

MY SILVER LINING

My birth was unremarkable. I mean there was no fire-works display, no pop corn or wild celebration. It was probably like one of the numerous other birth of low class men. I was an added responsibility.
Growing up was almost the same. I was always almost over-looked, ignored and snubbed. Maybe because my wears were always fairly used and second class to many. I was just unremarkable.
But deep within, my thoughts were my companion. My imaginations my best friends. My dreams and goals my inspiration. In my thoughts, I can be free. Free to taste the rich delicacies that grace a king's table. In my imagination, I can touch the heavens, visit the high and mighty, sit in authority and decide over the state of many. In my dreams, I was the pillar that sustains many.
Heh! But I can't end as just a thought. Can't Live in my imagination only. I've got the same form as everyone. The rich doesn't have two heads and super heart. Mine is as good as theirs if not better. So, what's stopping me?

I had that light in my eyes that says "There's a diamond in your hands, whatcha gonna do about it." I started to work on my mind set. Had to do away with the inferior complex I had developed from being over-looked and snubbed. But thanks to rejection; it made me found inner strength. I turn to myself for comfort, and in comforting MYSELF, I discovered a knowledge and a path well known to me alone. That was the silver lining that set my feet on the path to greatness.

I've got a gift for you, wrapped with millions of marbles and sealed with silver lining. If you want to know what's in it, then COME ON. Lets go on that path to discovery... It's INSIGHT MATTERS, Inspiration Daily with Amy.