I have learned to find strength from others in simple kind acts they don't even realize. There is nobody in my life that is close enough to even know if things are caving in. But I have some friends who are very good at calling me out of the blue, just to say hi and check in.
It sounds marginal, but last week my friend Jim called me from Tokyo for no reason. He is a pilot and so understands how travelling for work a lot can open up huge voids in your life, especially if you don't have a S.O. or anybody to come home to. That small consideration meant the world to me at that hour on that day.
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Oft expectation fails...
and most oft there Where most it promises
- Shakespeare, W.
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