I always heard you do the majority of your growing up between ages 25-30 & this sentiment couldn't be any further from the truth. I have always been blessed to have a large circle of friends & confidantes, & I always wondered what could possibly scatter such a loving group of people.

Life has ways of doing just that & the quicker one comes to grips with that, the blow is lessened when it's delivered...

Someone close to you follows their dream & uproots,  leaping headlong to capture it, leaving you to follow your own path...

Someone stops lying to themselves about who they are & embraces their true nature & is assimilated into the culture that surrounds their liberated persona...

Someone puts honor & patriotism higher than they ever have & is flung worlds away from you to protect the country they love...

Someone feels as they were always a lone wolf to begin with & exercises this to the full extent ...and disappears....

Someone lets better judgement slide & causes divides that run deep throughout everyone in the circle....

And worst of all, someone you know more than anyone else, who knows you more than yourself, changes into some you no longer recognize. Every utterance laced in lies & their word can no longer be accepted for truth.

And suddenly, as the dust settles, you've reached 30. The circle has grown smaller, smaller than it's ever been. Those remaining are your true friends. And I still have so many to be grateful for.

I know there's a lot of young people on here, maybe some young ones who watch me. Keep your friends close to you, but be aware, one day, things may change. Don't let it surprise you.


No one was born into this world to be alone.