what do you look for in a best friend?

My closest friends are fun, real and honest, inspiring, good, entertaining, in love with life, a little crazy, down to earth, deep, and incapable of bs.

hard to find you think? only a little. I've met some truly kindred spirits in my life so far. I cannot even begin to describe how much each one of them mean to me and I'm so thankful I have them in my life. i love them girls and miss them everyday!

Enlightenment

It is great to sleep after a good breakfast.*I have indulged in this luxury and seen how enlightened I have felt*: D

Besides a cold head shower, the other great uplifting pleasure is a head massage. If you feel blue or suffocated with the world, take the vengeance out with a hot oil massage, not only will it lubricate the jaded nuts and bolts of the head, but also the rhythmic pressure of fingertips will heal the fractured parts of the wondrous soul. *Miss the times when mommy did that for me. sigh.*

Another stress buster is long endless walk. The closer to nature, the better. *some prefer alone; I like company*

The sentence “I understand you” doesn’t make sense because no person can really, actually understand the other, yet hearing it makes one feel SO good. It gives you hope of a happy ending and keeps you tied in the relationship. *thanks to all the darling friends who have been there and said that.. muah to you all*

Expectations are a killjoy, yet we expect and kill our happiness. A friend reminded me of how this is the whole essence of Hinduism too - act but don't expect results! Trying to not expect any emotional return from the other person isn't easy but if you can, you'll see how lightweight, gravity-defying life becomes. *still workin' on it*

Narcissism is not so bad. It is good to indulge in self-love as it helps one in loving others but on the condition that it is not of the consuming, obsessive kind. If you look your best, dress nicely, act courteously and love yourself for being the way you are - you'll in turn be able to love others. *personal experience on this one*

Physical work is great antidote to mental stress as the rhythmic body movements against the backdrop of music playing make you forget the pains and troubles while you wash, mop and clean. In fact, sometimes it is very therapeutic especially if the activity involves water as you get absorbed in the process of cleaning to bring back the lustre and shine, as you find the dirt dissolving and fading away, somehow it also cleans the muck and removes cobwebs from the mind and gives new insightful positive thoughts. *I do it all the time, learning to love it*