I was thrilled to get an email from an old graduate school friend who lives in Australia. I'm proud of how we've kept in touch through over 30 years. She sent photos of her two kids and I appreciate that she makes the time for me when she is a famous writer and has many demands on her time. It validates our friendship and I feel her success is a joyful experience for me as well.
I've come a long way from having feelings of envy and comparison to shaking all that heavy stuff off my back and respecting my own life and choices. There is no perfect life, and my super successful friends have had their struggles in other ways and had to work hard to carve out their balance and enjoyment of their lives. There is absolute no way to compare us. As you get older you take paths and will not walk upon others. For me the biggest choice was the Buddhist path. And it has opened up a world of love, gratitude and appreciation. It has given me strength to weather the storms life brings and anchored me to what is right and good.
My friends are my witnesses now, as my parents and brother are gone. I'm proud of my friends and their support, though some of it is on the other side of the world.
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