Inspiration

Seeing a good friend can be a reminder to notice our surroundings. To feel love for a friend, and to feel loved by a friend, is one of the best feelings in the world. It reminds me that many things are not important that seem to be — like reading emails — and that some things are important — like being yourself, following your heart, being kind, and being awesome. At letting the natural awesomeness of yourself loving unfold. For example, after I had talked and walked with a good friend for several hours, and was by myself again, I felt that I could not bear to look at my phone. I could not bear to read anything vapid. All I could do was to sit for a while, and feel. I felt that walking outside with a friend is one of the most important things you can possibly do. I felt that I wanted my friend to know if anything was needed, ever, to let me know in case there was something I could provide.

Photo by Andry Z. Rakotomalala

The Arrow and the Song

BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

I shot an arrow into the air, 
It fell to earth, I knew not where; 
For, so swiftly it flew, the sight 
Could not follow it in its flight. 

I breathed a song into the air, 
It fell to earth, I knew not where; 
For who has sight so keen and strong, 
That it can follow the flight of song? 

Long, long afterward, in an oak 
I found the arrow, still unbroke; 
And the song, from beginning to end, 
I found again in the heart of a friend.