Thank you, Else

I found a little bURSday booklet today that my friend Else from Norway sent me for my birthday.

After having had a tough chat with the shrink this morning, reading through what she wrote gave me another good cry. Some things touched me so deep, that I want to share them here :-)

"If I could give you one thing, I would give you the ability to see yourself as others see you. 

Then you could realise what a truly special person you are."

Same goes for you Else - miss you, love you xx

"Friendship is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."

"Yesterday is a memory

Tomorrow is a mystery

Today is a gift

That's why it's called the present."

"Don't walk in front of me

I may not follow

Don't walk behind me

I may not lead

Just walk beside me

And be my friend"

"If I could catch a rainbow, 

I would do it, just for you,

And, share with you, its beauty, 

on the days you're feeling blue.

If I could build a mountain, 

you could call your very own.

A place to find serenity, 

a place to be alone.

If I could take your troubles, 

and toss them in the sea.

But, all these things, I'm finding, 

are impossible for me.

I cannot build a mountain, 

or catch a rainbow fair;

but, let me be, what I know best,

A Friend, who's always there."

"In order to get where you want to go,

You first have to leave where you are."