Day 12: Unconditional Friends.

I am really lucky.

For many reasons, but one...or rather four in particular: unconditional friends.

You know the type; these are the people that are always on your side - even if they're not. Unconditional friends don't care to be right or entertained; they genuinely care about you. And the miracle? You feel the same about them.


These folks stick around when it's easier to walk away, and so do you.

They call you on your bulls!&%, and you call them on theirs.

Unconditional friends don't give you what they think you want: they ask you what you need. And a lot of times they don't even need to ask.

They don't reduce what you are feeling to a simplistic label; they dig till the roots.

And...these are the people who tell you when you've been playing it safe.

It was my closest friend in the world that encouraged me to write this. And I listened, because there are a lot of times she knows me better than I do.

Seriously, I am a lucky girl. It's scary taking risks, but the comfort that comes from the unconditional support of my friends makes everything easier.

Thanks each of you for walking into my life.

YESTERDAY'S CHALLENGE:

Yesterday was my first Sketch Comedy class at UCB - and I loved it. I'm not going to lie and tell you I was calm and cool...not even close. I was painfully nervous. I'm talking I don't know what to do with my hands nervous. But, we all were. And everyone in the class was honest about it. Awesome. I did have to keep getting myself out of the way. The track in your brain that says: you're not good enough, what if only your friends think you're funny...was running on a loop. But than I realized I'm not good...yet. That's why I am in class. If I spend this class time worrying and judging that I am not good enough than I will never get better. And getting better is an enjoyable process...why would I want to miss it?

TODAY'S CHALLENGE: Pulling off the blinders.

Okay, I have a confession to make: if there is a task I don't want to do - I just don't see it. Not only that, I go as far as to put these tasks in places I actually can't see them, like that threatening junk drawer. Well, today the blinders are off and I am risking taking a look at the emails awaiting reply, finances that need investing and a myriad of other tasks I tend to hide from. Sure it's a pain, but you know what: it needs to be done and more importantly - I need to be done with it.