We become friends for a variety of reasons and under a variety of circumstances. One such form of friendship, in my opinion, is the intellectual type. These type of friends are like auto focus lenses. Irrespective of how hazy your own thoughts are, they manage to centre on the issue that caused all the haziness in your mind. They have the uncanny ability to blot out the perpherals and see your thoughts as they are. And, they don't question you so much that you will feel like a rudderless ship on foggy sea.
Believe me, there are times-a-ton in life when one feels like out on the sea, with only the fog and mist swirling around when you find it difficult to see your own feet. It is not the cyclonic thunder storm that you feel is coming; its not that you lost your sails and are adrift; it is not that the radio went silent cutting you off from the shore. It is just the feeling that tons of algae and clams are weighing down your hull and that in that bloody swirling fog, instead of making headway, you are slowing down. You are unsure where the break will come from or when you will hit the Gulf stream that will take you ashore.
It is then that the autofocus steps in. On the swell splattered deck, as the wild winds howl around you, he holds the vessel of your soul steady, calms your nerves with the soothing cup of the coffee of his thoughts (with a dash of Château du Tariquet or Chartreuse, if you like) and holds a candle to the darkest recesses of your thought.
Lo, behold and in a flash it is clear to you. You know what is taking you adrift and you also know how to steer your laden ship safe home. The autofocus just comes like the streak of golden Sun through the swirling mist, and even though he doesn't share your burden on the wheel, you know that the long way home is promising ride on the crusty waves.
Count your blessings and say Grace, if you are blessed with autofocus. You cannot buy them are cajole them into friendship. They do not get created. They just occur. To be more precise, they are a reflection of your own self. The more true you are to your friends, with no conditions attached, the more likely that you will get autofocus.
Have fun. Live life. Remember to live it today.
Believe me, there are times-a-ton in life when one feels like out on the sea, with only the fog and mist swirling around when you find it difficult to see your own feet. It is not the cyclonic thunder storm that you feel is coming; its not that you lost your sails and are adrift; it is not that the radio went silent cutting you off from the shore. It is just the feeling that tons of algae and clams are weighing down your hull and that in that bloody swirling fog, instead of making headway, you are slowing down. You are unsure where the break will come from or when you will hit the Gulf stream that will take you ashore.
It is then that the autofocus steps in. On the swell splattered deck, as the wild winds howl around you, he holds the vessel of your soul steady, calms your nerves with the soothing cup of the coffee of his thoughts (with a dash of Château du Tariquet or Chartreuse, if you like) and holds a candle to the darkest recesses of your thought.
Lo, behold and in a flash it is clear to you. You know what is taking you adrift and you also know how to steer your laden ship safe home. The autofocus just comes like the streak of golden Sun through the swirling mist, and even though he doesn't share your burden on the wheel, you know that the long way home is promising ride on the crusty waves.
Count your blessings and say Grace, if you are blessed with autofocus. You cannot buy them are cajole them into friendship. They do not get created. They just occur. To be more precise, they are a reflection of your own self. The more true you are to your friends, with no conditions attached, the more likely that you will get autofocus.
Have fun. Live life. Remember to live it today.
