Yesterday I was able to meet up with a local friend for a natter, nosh and knit. We haven't been able to get together one on one for at least two years if not longer.

For 4 1/2 hours, we nattered and noshed. We did not even touch our knitting! And I have to say, it was one of the deepest, most profound, and encouraging conversations I have ever had with anyone, ever, and that I so needed that conversation!!!! We were so engaged, so attentive, so hearing each other that in a blink it was 4 1/2 hours later!

I so often feel there are so few who want to talk/write about deeper topics, who can really tuck into the conversation, and who can relate to anything I have to say. There just aren't many, if any at all, especially when it comes to the really deep topics. And that aloneness leads me to feeling very disconnected and isolated. And sometimes, to feelings of simply giving up.

But yesterday was deeply soul nourishing! It is exactly what I needed, and what I've been looking for, well, for years. While I have had some deeper communication from time to time with a few people, with at least one person I discovered not too long ago that it wasn't what it had been made to appear. It's okay that it wasn't; what I found troubling and hurtful was that there wasn't an honesty about it. Basically, for two years there was a pretending, and excuses about thoughtful responses and discussions, and that was the hurtful part.

Then, it gets better. I got home to a book I ordered the other week, and WOW in the first 8 pages it speaks to so many of the very things my friend and I were sharing! I love serendipity, and I loved having such a deep conversation with another friend who is far more like me than not. And we didn't even know it.

So, a wonderful day! And today I am tucking into my book, feeling rejuvenated!