Observations

A few weeks ago I was out with a friend of mine and we were just hanging out for the day and catching up on each other's lives. So we were having some lunch and a few cocktails and just enjoying the day when he just looks at me and says in all seriousness that he needs to tell me something. Of course this strikes fear in my heart that it is something horrible but it what he had to say was definitely not what I was expecting at all. He proceeded to tell me his observations of me since he's known me but in a way that had me somewhat dumbfounded. This is what he told me about me....

Do you know that when you think no one is looking you have a shadow of sadness that comes across your eyes. It's a brief shadow because it's rare that you're not smiling especially when you're with your loved ones. And you have a smile that's contagious and genuine and it is one of your trademarks but I don't think you realize how beautiful of a person you really are. And maybe that's what makes you even more beautiful, the innocence you have about yourself. You have a beautiful soul that everyone around you wants to be a part of. You're "that girl"...the one all guys want to take home to meet the parents after having an amazing blowout weekend with you. I say all this to you because you deserve to know what an amazing beautiful person you are and to see sadness in your eyes for whatever reason breaks the hearts of the ones that love you.

Then he was done and I didn't have anything as a response except for a simple "Thank you."
It was a great day with a great friend whom I thankful to have in my life. He made me realize how our loved ones are the people who validate us. It's not our bosses, not our enemies, not our careers but the people that love you enough to not ever want to see sadness in your eyes.