come away with me

i have a renewed faith in the ability of starbucks to bring people together. it's amazing to me how, at college, it only takes one fateful meeting to make people the best of friends. maybe it doesn't happen to everyone, maybe you have to be in the right mood, or the right location, but never-the-less, i have met people this year that i have noticed from a distance but never spoken a word to.

i am the type of person that, once i have had a meaningful encounter with someone, automatically assumes we're friends and strive to meet up with them once in a while to reconnect and share life together. however, i was discussing this topic with my roommate the other day, contemplating whether friendship is worked for or given.

i think there is a healthy balance of each mentality. we should not be in the mindset that we are "bestowing" our friendship. we should be willing to be friends with anyone. but at the same time, there are instances where someone abuses our friendship, and we have to beware of that. this is going to be an incomplete post, because i am not ready to post my extended thoughts on the topic yet, but as soon as i arrange them in an understandable order, they will be up here.

what are YOUR thoughts on the topic?

sara

the other day as i walked into starbucks, ready to relax and goof off with my friends for a while, i looked to the side and saw a girl. i recognized her from the beginning, but had never met her before that. she was friends with several of my close friends, but we had never talked before. i went and sat down, since she was in conversation, but i could tell she recognized me as well. i took out my book and began to read. after several minutes, she wrapped up her chat with an elderly woman named veronica and rushed towards me.
"jill!" she called across the cafe.
"sara?" i answered back. "this is kinda weird...we're not really friends..."
"i know!"

she arranged all of her belongings on the counter next to me and whipped out her computer to show me pictures of the recent ywam missions experience she had been on. we talked for two hours. this girl is phenomenal. i am so excited to have a new friend. every once in a while someone new comes into your life that you just know will be a good influence on you; that will rock your world; that will shift your perspective.

sara is one of those people. i am proud to say i am a friend of sara heffron.