The Ginger

I value genuineness and honesty.  I do my best to surround myself with people that maintain these rare qualities.  These people will never know how much they’ve helped me get through tough times in my life.  Many people can say they have a lot of friends, but very few can say they have true friends.  Quality over quantity would apply in this aspect.  My friends have helped build me up from nothing recently, and they’ve done it without even being aware that they were doing it.  They were simply being who they were, genuine and honest.

  One of my closest friends gave me a simple piece of advice (given in her own unique way, of couse.) in an e-mail she sent to me a while back.  I’ve read over it a couple times, but sometimes it takes a while to let words sink in.  Well, her words finally hit home over the last couple of days.  I don’t get to talk to this friend much anymore.  Hopefully, that’ll change one day.  I miss that ginger.

  Here’s what she wrote to me:

“YOU will find the perfect girl when it’s time to find that girl. You have a lot to offer, but you need to be looking for someone that has something to offer you. Someone that has what you need. Just don’t be afraid to make mistakes, you know. Just dating girls for the sake of getting out there is not a bad thing. I mean keep your pants on and all….. I’m not telling you to start walking the streets, but play the field in a healthy way. Take control of your love life back.  I think that would help me if I was in your shoes.”