We all have those friends in life that no matter how long you have gone without seeing each other, or how much life has happened, you are still the best of friends. To me those friends are many. This past weekend was my birthday, and as I set at the dinner table full of people I couldn't help but think of all the things each of them have been through and yet here we all set with a smile on our faces and ready for a night of dancing, they chose joy. As the night progressed we went dancing and laughed and sweated and had an absolute blast some of my friends I hadn't scene in years and others just a few months but still the love that was their between us, we chose joy.
On Saturday I went fishing with two of my best guy friends and my husband. The two guys I have known since middle school, and even though time has past its still as if it was yesterday. As we were fishing at the pond and they were catching fish I couldn't help but think of the one who just got back from Afghanistan, all the things he has scene, hurt he has been through, and all the days of worrying whether he was gonna make it home or not ended with him being right there with me fishing just like we were kids again. Then my other friend who recently went through a bad divorce, still putting a smile on his face and catching bass, and then my husband and all the stress that life has thrown at him, and me with my history.... We all have a story to tell , and when things dont work out right, or the fish don't bite. You make the best out of what you have. You might get a little dirty, you might get stuck or fall a few times.
But you can always count on your friends to be there to help you out, to get you out of that rut. I can say as I look around at the people in my life, I am so happy to see them choosing Joy, because I know their heartache, but it is the trials that have made them into the people they are today.You can always count on your friends to hose ya off, clean ya up and show you the JOY in life :)
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