Earlier this past week, it was national toasted marshmallow day, yep there really is such a thing. We can celebrate anything if we choose to. But this one invoked discussion about do you like your marshmallow lightly browned, or brunt or somewhere in between?
Really my response was I like them better with chocolate and graham crackers around a fire with friends.
I mean really doesn’t that marshmallow or s’more taste so much better when you have it at a bonfire with friends? But I am going to venture to sat a lot of things taste better with friends.
That salad you ordered was way more tasty with your group of friends then it would have been if you just ordered it and had it delivered and eaten in front of the TV. Heck popcorn or pizza or fill in the blank all taste better when shared with friends.
Friends are important part of our existence, they are the people we lean on when life is hard, they are the people that make us laugh and maybe even allow ourselves to be silly with.
We learn at a young age, who we like, and who we don’t. We know who makes us feel safe enough with to tell our secrets to and we know who those people are that are never going to like us no matter how many s’mores we offer them.
We also learn that some people are only in our lives for a season, whatever that season is and others are here for the long haul. Again there is nothing right or wrong about it. It’s just a part of life.
I will admit that I still struggle with the whole thing of why don’t people like me and what did I do wrong? I still look inward and wonder what could I have done differently to make this person like me and sometimes I realize that I might have done nothing wrong, they just don’t like who I am. They have their own perception of things. It might be right and it might be wrong but it’s their decision.
I have to try hard to remember that it’s not about me so much as it is them. I also have to remember that I have people to share my s’mores with and be silly and if someone doesn’t want to be a part of that, they are missing out on some serious fun.
So my friends, this week hug your tribe (friends) , thank them for all they do for you and offer them a S’more.
Until next time,
Juli
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