Truly Thankful

I have been blessed in my life. I have an extraordinary group of friends. Friends of all kinds. There are the friends I see on a daily basis, those individuals that I work and share my life with at the office.

There are the friends that I share my down time with. That group of people that I spend the weekends with, sitting in someone's living room, talking, watching movies or playing games.

Then there are the friends that I see infrequently. The people that I care deeply for that I see less and less as time goes by, as we grow and form other bonds and realtionships, as adults do.

But I learned an important lesson about friendship this week. Some of the people who know you best, who care about you, can be the people you have never "met" at all.

I received a birthday gift on Thursday, that touched me very deeply, from one of those friends I've never met in the flesh. But, oh, was a I ever so thankful for the gift. I received, what is probably, one of the nicest gifts I'd ever recieved.

And it's led me to this conclusion: The greatest gift one can receive is that which was never expected or imagined of.

It's the gift that seemingly drops into your lap from the ether.

And while it is unexpected, it can be one of the most important things to come to you at that point in your life.

So, thanks to that one friend I've never met, for giving me a gift that defies description.

It just showed that you cared.