Two Roads Diverged in a Yellow Wood, so I Called My Friend for Help

Hi, all!

I am back writing today after a much needed cathartic visit with my very best friend. As soon as I hopped in my car to go home, I knew I had a post that needed to be tapped out.

Baby Teacher Advice: Find someone you trust. Have someone in your life who you can be completely honest with and talk to about anything.


There is something to be said for a true friend--someone you can wholeheartedly trust. They give a place of refuge where you can be honest with fears, triumphs, questions, or thoughts. Having a person like this in life is invaluable. 

I am a Baby Teacher. While I may have a pretty good grasp on many aspects of life for being such a young pup, I find myself confused and unsure daily due to my inexperience at living. Lately, more than ever, I feel as though I am at Mr. Frost's two diverging roads. I keep staring down each road as far as I can see, but I still am questioning which path I should/want to choose. This dilemma has weighed heavily on me until tonight. I met with my friend/hero/shrink/(insert any other positive word) today after work and just talked. She asked questions that I had not thought about. She never judged. She never laughed. She just listened to me. Everything I truly felt or thought was said. I never hold back with her because she has earned my trust, which is not an easy task. While she didn't tell me what choice to make, I left there with the clearest perspective I've had in a while. 

I know trust is hard to give. It requires a sense of vulnerability that most do not like to feel. However, you have to trust yourself enough to know who to trust. We all need outlets. Find someone, anyone, who you can go to. I don't believe life was meant to live alone. It was meant to be shared with by those who we care enough about to share it with. Lean on others. Find your true friends to help you in times of need. Be strong enough to trust someone with the thoughts you hold closest to your heart. 

Sometimes you get lucky like I did. Sometimes, just sometimes, you find the greatest person in the world who changes everything just by being there. That, folks, is a true friend.

Go do good things,

BT


"Few delights can equal the mere presence of one whom we trust utterly."  ~George MacDonald