comfort in silence

some may think me lazy when i say that i love to just sit.
i love to just be; just sitting with a friend in comfortable silence.
either one of you is at total freedom to speak or be silent. it doesn't matter which you choose.

this week i have had several of those moments of freeing silence:

one was broken by a friend's spoken desire to hear God speak.
she wanted to know that He is merely silent and not gone away.

one was broken by a friend's random thoughts about life.
she wants to find her place in this world; to find what she was born to do.

there were others, but i've come to appreciate all of them for just what they are.
to me, they are a small indication of the depth and comfort of a friendship.
you can't make those kind of relationships. they simply are.
i count myself blessed to have friendships that simply ARE.