You know who you are...

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WARNING: this post holds the potential to be sentimental, philosophical and even mushy, you have been warned.

I have a pal, well I have a few but, this one is a special one. She knows who she is and she will be reading this with a dog to her left, wearing long john pyjamas, a dressing gown and glasses (not the dog, her).

We all have a pal like mine. The type that will tell you when you are being silly and need to grow up, the type that will tell you when you look terrible (and she will be right - cause it's best you know, scaring small children on the tube isn't the one), the type you can count on, the type who would rather take life with a pinch of salt, than too seriously. She knows me inside and out, she knows when I am up, she knows when I am down. Having a brick wall up around her is pointless, she can see through "the front" and can deal with whatever silly problem maybe lurking behind.

My pal however, has been having a tough time recently. She needn't, she has been giving herself a tough time unnecessarily. My pal has been suffering from something we all know all to well; worry. Worrying about what others think of her. This post is a little something to let her know that those people, those silly little people, with their small willies and their even smaller minds are NOT WORTH THE WORRY - she is freakin' fantastic and it is about time she knows it.

In my twenty two years on this planet I have met people who care a pound and a half too much about what others think. I, at times, have been one of those people. Also in my twenty two years, I have realised that caring what "the others" think is about as useful as a chocolate teapot. For one, why do we care what thoughts may run around the treadmill that is their minds? Unless they are Beyonce or Mother Teresa, they have no footing to judge...not even a tip toe. And for another, anything we have ever felt, anything we have ever done, someone, somewhere, has felt before and done worse.

My pal is one of a kind. I would not have got through university without her, it would not have been quite the ball without her either. She made university what it was for me and I will never thank her enough. She makes me laugh till it hurts and imparts the best advice known to man. After three years of living five minutes from each other, we now live more than an hour a part. But, just as she is for me, I will always be there for her, no matter what. Come to think of it, we have never had an argument, not a real one. She is one of those people I can tell anything to, she is very very special to me and cannot be replaced. Anyone who ends up with this gal is one heck of a lucky lad, she will keep you on your toes but, why shouldn't she, the best ones do. Hell if the lads are lacking in talent I'll turn. She is my IDOL.

So to HELL WITH THE WORRY. If we were all the same, the world would be a damn boring place to live. People have their quirks and their flirts and, it is for this reason that, we love them.

xxxx