These types of friendships can easily disappear as quickly as they came or they can actually turn into more meaningful friendships as time moves on. Then there are friends by association, friendships that exist because of an association with another friend. You might acquire these forms of friendships because of your current friends. You acquire your friend's circle of companions and make them your own. These associations can lack strong foundations and even knowledge of one another, but either way, you respect them as a part of the friend that originated the encounter.

Then there are friendships that are few and far between, friends of the heart or friends of the spirit. You may find this form of friendship with, or in addition to, your significant other. This type of friendship is guided through a profound spiritual connection. They are very pronounced and spiritually ignited. They can overcome distance. They can surpass cultural and language barriers. They can surpass age and even gender.

They do not exist out of convenience or association. These friendships exist out of respect and purpose. This unity of beings connects our hearts to our souls. They remind us and encourage our greatness and contribute to our over all well-being. These friendships exist on the purest of levels. They are not sexually motivated. They do not even necessarily rely on the power of any physical contact. They exist on a level all of their own.

What these friendships do touch are our hearts. They leave precious imprints where they matter the most. These friendships are gifts unto themselves as they are aligned with our inner workings and details. They somehow give us comfort no matter what our state of mind and they seem to blanket our worries with little or no effort. They exist not out of force, but out of care.

These spiritual friendships allow us to actually feel the insides of another. They allow us that close of a connection that typically both people can feel the other's thoughts and emotions. We are attracted to them because we are intended to be. These friendships may baffle and surprise us as they can sneak up on us quickly, but they are friendships that need not go unnoticed and certainly not forgotten, for however long they are to stay. 

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Dusty, this really is nice, and I've experienced many of these kinds of friendships throughout my life.

But the spiritual friendship is really special. That is the kind that you and I can share when we haven't even seen one another! There can be a connection to another human soul that is difficult to explain. And I am a big believer that people come into your life for a reason - when the time is right, when there is something to be learned, or taught, or shared.

Thank you for coming into my life, dear friend!

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Just beautiful, Dusty! Wouldn't it be nice if everyone learned to do this! Here's another similar one. I love all these words of wisdom (and our daily quotes) because they stabilize me for the day and put me in a positive and thoughtful state of mind. So much better than the incessant-thinking state of many fragmented thoughts that chatter away all day.

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P.S. The quote at the beginning about "loving silence" is awesome! Another one to remember because situations come into our lives often where this is needed. 

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