The Canvas of my Heart! - A Tribute

I would like to thank the creator of my existence for the close friends who walk with me through the canvas of my life, companions who have held hands with me in the truest sense.

These soulmates who come into your life to support you, guide you, comfort you and accept you as you are...such folk are indeed priceless and rare. They dont just understand you, they know you, often in moments when you do not seem to know yourself. And how blessed you are to know them too. More often than not, you do not find yourself surprised as you get to know them, it is almost like you already know them from a time, a place before.

Sometimes we have to embark on journeys by ourselves, go through periods or phases of time on our own, face situations where we seemingly feel all alone, yet it seems that God sends us the right people at the right time, to give that helping hand be it in the form of a hug or a pat on the back, a listening ear or a word of heartfelt advice when we need it.

These are people who have cried with you, laughed with you ( or laughed at you..heheh), watched you lose the loves of your life and pushed you above them, before them to grasp stars seemingly beyond your reach.Some of them grew up with you, through all those vulnerable and weak moments we all go through.. yet never losing respect for you, but only loving you even more, for being the person you are, warts and all. Others come across you along the way. They acquire a healthy curiosity about you, about what makes you tick and whether you seem different or not; they find common ground with you and blend into your world and you into theirs.

Truly such folk can only belong to the same branch of the tree as you do, for how else could they know you and love you unlike everybody else?

Sometimes you want to keep them with you, around you always, a comforting, a familar clique always around and by your side, an insurance policy against the vagaries and vissitudes of life. But life takes them on their own paths to different places and situations. You have to let them go, to do their own thing, grow in their own ways. The bonds however remain and no matter where they are and no matter how far, the ties of the heart never fade. Some move on and away from the stream of your life to meet challenges and make discoveries of their own without you and hard as it may be, you have to let them go even if it means seemingly forever. But then you ask yourself, what is forever exactly? Do physical boundaries really separate us from each other? But you love them all the same, you send them your prayers, your love, your energy of goodwill, your Grace to live their lives to the highest and the fullest...and there are always moments when you chuckle to yourself of times gone by. Thank you for the memories you always will be on this canvas..

With your nearest and dearest, you find yourself wanting to give of yourself, you want to express your appreciation of their presence, their essence, you want to communicate to them how much they mean to you. Their happiness is your happiness, ahh how it warms your heart to do something for them, to give, even the slightest nonsensical thing, it means ever so much.

You guys know who you are, you can be counted on the fingers of my hands but oh how priceless and dear you are in everyway, not for having done anything, but just for being you. All those who have touched the canvas of my life and disappeared into the fading hue of another colour, another experience, thank you for having come into my life albeit for a few glorious moments, you are loved just as much, wherever you are, my prayers and my love are with you.

Thank you for being there, oh friend, oh lover, oh brethren, oh companion in soul... I am and will be around for you too in one form or another..always!