need.

something i learned recently:
when you realize you don't need someone's friendship, it frees you up to realize how much you want their friendship.

i love my friends deeply. more than they know. and i've discovered that i don't need them. i've also discovered the freedom in that. and i've never enjoyed the thought of them or their company this much before.

i love to think of them. the people they are. the personalities they each offer. and i love them. not because of what they do for me...what needs they fill or what they offer that i can't do without. i love them because they are so amazing...so intriguing and mysterious and wonderful and complicated and layered and unpredictable. how did i miss it before!?