3 Things

Nope, not a funny bit today...pensive...but short so no worries...you won't have to reach for your prozac or anything...not that you take prozac...

Today I met up with a friend I had not seen in over 2 years. Perched across from him over a beer we chatted non-stop about everything...never one of those awkward silences. I think good friends are this way- like a book that you can put down, not come back to for months, pick up, and be right where you left off. I am lucky I have more people in my life like this than I can count on my 2 hands.
As we sat and watched rush hour around us, I studied the lines on his face- all of them earned. These 2 years have been good to him- to his mind, to his body, to his perspective. His path has been one that he would never re-live, were he given the opportunity but I commend him...he is not bitter and his priorities were revealed when he told me of the 3 things he holds most dear. 2 years ago these 3 things would never have entered his consciousness. It just made me think. 3 things. We all have and need so much in this brief jaunt on Earth but these 3 things are pretty much at the crux of it.

He said,
"All I need is someone to love, something to do, and something to look forward to."