Whispers and Flames

Nurturing anything new takes a lot of time and effort, the same principle applies to my newly found "blogging muscles". I find the joy of friendship is best felt when we are together sharing stories, experiences, painful moments and lots of laughter. During such times I rarely get to pay attention to the background noise, my inner voice or the whispers. I am fully engaged in the conversations, food and the relaxing ambience of each other.

Though like everything in life, such times must come to an end and the conversations soon turn to "goodbyes", "get home safely" among other neceities that express gratitude, appreciation and love. Once the cheerful noise fades and the feelings elicited by the time spent together pass, the whispers begin to get louder. 

They range from the positive words of wisdom passed down to us by our family members to the experiences and opinions shared by our friends and acquaintances. The background noise is still, my inner voice is murmuring and I begin to be consumed with whispers like," I shouldn't have done that...", " can I really do it?", "what will people think?", and my favorite whisper is "Hannah jostle!!!" as my brother would say.

We engage in numerous conversations during the course of our journey and as time has it, the more it passes the harder it becomes to remember each conversation. Life carries mystery, hope, love, anxiety and sometimes fear all of which have a way of catching up with us. When they do it causes a drastic shift to our worlds as we know it. This for me is followed by a deep longing to remember every conversation ever heard, moment spent and jokes shared but my memory fails me. It is only the extraordinary punch lines, courageous moments and rib cracking jokes that stay with me. 

Those are the moments that ignite our flame in each others lives and it's only when i purpose to scratch the surface of life, that my flame can continue to live on in others even after I am gone.

Don't just live, ignite a FLAME!!!!!