Friends: they are more precious than rubies, shimmer more than pearls of light on the ocean, and glitter as bright as the essence of heaven. Tonight, I spent the evening with a friend I worked with several decades ago, and it was as if we’d never been apart. It was so heart warming to learn how his career has changed and transformed. It met his lovely wife, and shared time with other people I with whom I used to work.
After dinner, I spent the rest of the evening with my best friend. She’s like my sister, and I’ve known her for 20 years. On the way home I realized how incredibly priceless our friends are. There is no value greater than the love I have for my friends. I am fiercely loyal. I am a good friend, as I believe in nurturing and caring for my friends as I would my own family. I am so blessed to have a core group of really close friends.
Our friends get us through life-we nurture one another’s spiritual growth. We guide one another on our mutual journeys. The love I have for my friends is poetic, and deep. My friends are my family by association. I am also grateful that here in Cincinnati, I have a community that I care about, one in which I am a steward. I feel deeply rooted in my sense of place and belonging.
As I consider my career transition, I am willing to relocate. In fact, I hope to move to a warmer climate. Honestly, I just don’t know how many more Ohio winters I can take. It’s biting cold tonight, the kind of cold that freezes one to the very core. I love warmth, cozy places where I can nestle, and nest.
Where ever I land professionally, I will do my best to rebuild the same degree of community that I have here in Cincinnati, Ohio. Community is in the heart. We build it and take it with us where ever we go. No one is a stranger to me for long. I make friends easily because I am an extrovert. Yet, the life-long friends I have made in my sweet home town, will never be replaced as their value is beyond measure or compare. I felt compelled to write a post about friendship because, I have made so many friends on twitter, facebook and linkedin. I also feel a sense of place and community with my professional friends and colleagues. That’s the beauty of social media. I hope that in 2010, I put the “social” into social media, and build as many genuine, meaningful, and mutually beneficial as possible. May your year be blessed with friendship, and may you carry the love and spirit of friendship in your heart. Take it with you wherever you go.
Your twitter pal,
@HRMargo
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i reconnected today with a woman i haven’t spoken to in a year. But we are as intimate with each other’s lives as sisters.
It drove home the importance of maintaining those friendships, and letting go of the ones that just don’t click.
thanks for this post today, and I hope we can maintain our friendship through the cold. (come south, we’d love you down here!)
That’s the truth Margo, community is in the heart and you take it wherever you go. I have lived in many homes in several countries and left and picked up friendships sometimes after more than 20 years. Within 2 minutes it seems like time didn’t lapse at all and you’re right back where you left off. It’s truly magic. Here’s to friendships……
Karla, you are one of the first people I became close to on twitter since I changed my name from Pawspagal to @HRMargo. Our friendship on twitter means the world to me. Thank you.
Tammy, you are such a dear. Isn’t it amazing to reconnect with people from our past. It melts my heart, and reaffirms my belief in the goodness of humanity. I feel I am building that kind of a friendship with you. You allowed me to room with you at HRevolution. I’m quite sure I would not have been able to afford to attend otherwise. And being at HRevolution put me in touch with so many people I’ve met on twitter who I have grown to respect and admire, and build real friendships that I hope will stand the test of time. Thanks for reading my post Tammy. You are one of the people on twitter who makes me laugh, think and grow.
Margo-
This really is true! It takes people a lifetime to build friendships, and seconds to lose one. They say absence makes the heart grow fonder? Does it? I think if we all just picked up the phone, wrote a letter, sent an email, or dropped in for a long overdue visit, We would be so more connected. So glad I met you, and I am looking forward to meeting you later this year. Thank you for reminding us to nurture friendship, old and new!
Thanks Shennee, your friendship has blossomed in a short period of time. I’m so glad you are co-hosting our blogtalkradio show, compassionate HR. Service work, and community stewardship is a part of my core values-I’m so excited about our new venture, and am passionate about our joint mission.
Great post, Margo, and I look forward to getting to know you better in the new year.
Women were created for community. We were designed for relationship and it is something we do really well … especially when things are going well. Isolation can rear its ugly head when fear, uncertainty, or trauma occurs though. I read a great book by Lynne Hybels, “Nice Girls Don’t Change the World,” and she says, …
“I feared getting close to other women because I was miserable and didn’t want them to know that. So for years I lived in isolation. I lived outside community; I lived without a tribe. And I suffered for that. I needed women to listen to my pain and honor my tears….”
We all do. Particularly women. Especially when we’re hurting … and when we’re not, to offer our compassion, encouragement, and love to those who are.
Such a lovely post, Margo. And so true! In my honest opinion, the best friends we have are those who (though we may) we don’t have to see every day. They’re the ones you can see after two years of no contact and still feel as though they are an integral part of your life. And they come from all walks of life – some you may have known forever, some you may only have met recently.
Margo, you hit the nail right on the head. Community really is at heart, and true friendship is worth more than anything.
When I reflect on the wonderful people I have in my life, my heart swells. A friend told me recently “every single person I’ve met through has been amazing.” And it’s true. We are all so lucky to have such special people to enrich our lives with love and friendship.
@LauraVezer
Cheers to you Margo.
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I luv ya Laura. You are one of the most compassionate recruiter/HR pros I know. Thanks for being such a bright light in our industry. You are the rising star that I enjoy watching grow.