I was eager to go to lunch with my friend Lola today.  I’d picked a surprise restaurant and was looking forward to a long talk.

Mid-morning Lola texted me to say she was sick.  (Sigh)  I was sad … for her, for me, for us.

Moping in my apartment was not the answer.  So I strolled over to Izy Coffee on the Langemunt for a cappuccino and to write something in my blog.  I opened the door, looked to my left towards my beloved black couch, and there sat Filip – a friend I haven’t seen for six months.

Delight!

On both our faces

Someone large in the universe must have known that I needed a real conversation today … and provided Filip.

I bought him a coffee.  An hour later, he bought me one.  And the words flowed.

I never thought to ask him where he’d been.  I knew he’d bring forth that which was animating him … so would I.  And that’s what happened.

I can’t remember much of what he said over our two hours – or much of what I said!  But I knew as we parted that we had spent our time within “the good, the true and the beautiful”.  We drew forth the essence of each other so it could see the light of day.

Two hours felt like two minutes

This morning and afternoon’s talk with Filip brought to my mind one of my favourite quotes, spoken by Maya Angelou:

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel

Thank you, Maya

Thank you, Filip

Thank you, Bruce