I took my camera for the first time in a long time today. It's kind of been a struggle. But anyways,
I hung out with a group of friends from school today that was kind of randomly formed because I wanted to visit friends that lived in the SGV area. I was thinking about my friendships with each of these people and I realized, that when I was first getting to know these people, I never would have expected to become close friends with them.
When I met Isabelle, she had hair that was dyed pink and I was thinking, "oh boy, this girl is on the crazy side." But I have known her to be a person that has a sincere heart that deeply cares for me. I have actually already wrote about her here. She's the very energetic and eager person in our group that I appreciate.
My friend impression that I had of Derrick was a closed off and reserved person that mainly stayed to himself. While this impression generally proves to be true, I have found Derrick to be someone that listens to me with deep care and sometimes opens up and shares of his own life. He has deep insight which I have respect for, although it takes a while to get there sometimes (lol).
When I met Nathan, I thought we didn't really click as people and got weirded out because he was so nice to me. I also was a freshman in high school who was a brat. But that's another story for another time. He's literally one of my closest friends that has helped me so much throughout my college years. I also wrote about Nathan in a post here.
I met Diana at the same time as meeting a lot of other folks. It just seemed as though we would never really be friends because we were never quite area of ministry / friend group. I also thought we didn't have a lot in common at all. But after a trip to Korea together and being on the same leader's team, I have been surprised at the ways I was able to resonate with her feelings and thoughts and also gain perspective from her.
I am grateful for these friends that have been such a huge support in my life. My encouragement is to be open to the people around you because you never know what wonderful friends they might become.
bye bye for now ^
