Tonight I am thinking about connections.

We are getting home late tonight from a high school & middle school band concept. So this evening’s entry will be brief.

But connections. One of the songs the 7th graders played at the concert…. was from Beauty & the Beast. And that was the thing that started my thinking. Beauty & the Beast were the unlikeliest of friends. Yet, despite their obvious obstacles of separation…… they realized a strong connection.

And therein lies the whole of it. Sometimes we connect with people, with friends, or family, or mere acquaintances, for no apparent reason. You can’t really put your finger on it. When or how it happened. But you know it is there. You know that friend holds a special meaning in your heart.

Yet.  The friendship comes from an unknown bond. It sometimes comes to you in the form of a fountain of ways. Other times…. it is a slow roasted drip.

And that friendship can cross the miles… from ocean to ocean…. or it could be right next door.

Those are but one of the many treasures in life. And I am so glad for those treasures. Those connections. No matter the where, then when, the why or the how.

Somehow, you are always certain of the who.

“Nonsense and beauty have close connections.” – E.M. Forster

“A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.” – Jim Morrison