When I was at the end of my teenage I met a great friend, Mark, whom I like to think as being one of the angels of my life.
Mark arrived in my life to help and teach, to guide and look after me - all I needed at that time. I was going through a difficult time; it was the point of my life when all the difficult times from my childhood such the loss of my mother kicked in and I couldn't pretend I was strong anymore. I became sad, depressed... And I learnt at that time that people in general don't like hanging out with negative and or depressed people. Fact. Only the true friends stay...In my case, for many reasons I was alone.
I suddenly found myself alone; no one and I mean no one to turn to. Suddenly I meet this guy, who came into my life only to help and assist. He knew I needed a friend, I needed someone to talk to, do normal teenage stuff with and open my heart...and so he was there for me when I needed the most. I remember how comforting and looked after I felt just by having him there, someone to talk and perhaps make me company... He used to come to my home in the afternoon and simply take me to hang out...see different things, do different activities and never treating me in a patronizing way...Mark did a lot to me and even though right now; over ten years later, we lost our daily contact I still consider him and I know it's reciprocal. I have inside my heart a very special place for him as I do have for all of those other friends whom came up in my life and became more than friends, they became family...angels... people I will never forget.
I remember of of my problems at that time was to want to see an objective for everything in life...I wanted everything to have a meaning, everyday to be special...And of course life isn't that way. Life doesn't run all smooth and perfect 24 hours seven days per week. One day he said; "Life isn't like the He-Man episodes which always have at the end the explanation and the meaning of why things happened the way they happened. Do you remember He-Man? - Well I was one of those geek children who looooved watching the episodes. Anyway...he couldn't be more correct; I did want and still do; life to have a meaning, my days to have a reason.... And I am still working towards relaxing a little bit and trying to accept; Life isn't an episode of He-Man...
PS: I don't think I ever told him what his friendship at that moment meant to me...and I decided I will tell him today.
