Inspirational friendship

I am blessed to have great friends. One of my most special and unique relationships is with my friend Jenny.

When I opened For Your Journey Inspirational Center (for those of you who don’t know, it was an inspirational book store, gift shop, with offerings of yoga classes and self-discovery workshops) I met Jenny as a customer. She started coming to FYJ soon after I opened, in the Fall of 2003. She was the sweetest. As she looked through the books, she would tell me about herself and of her dreams. She had such an inspiring story of how she came from Sweden to pursue her dreams here in America. She was a student at the time, but talked of doing such big and remarkable things in the future. I just remember thinking to myself, “This girl wants to save the world, and I just know she’s going to do it.”

She became a regular at the store, and within a couple of months, during one of our conversations I shared with her about wanting to take a vacation. I knew I couldn’t go so shortly after opening my store, but as she listened to me, she eagerly volunteered to run the store for me so I could go. Even though I had only known her a short time, I totally trusted that she could do it. It was as though I had known her all of my life.

Well, for those of you who know Jenny from FYJ, you know that she loved the place just as much as I did. I could never pay her very much, but she was so loyal anyway, and I cannot express the gift she was to my life… while the store was open, and ever since!

Jenny and I have a very special friendship. It’s one like I have never known before. Sometimes friends bond over the difficulties of life (I have friends like that as well). It is so easy to get sucked into the “reality” that life is hard. And the more we talk about it, the more we agree how “true” it is. That way of talking is so easy to fall into (even for an empowerment coach like me!). Even though we want something better than what we’re talking about, the problem is that we are focused on what we DON’T want. And that is not helpful at all in attracting what we DO want!

My friendship with Jenny, however, is pure inspiration. When we talk, we can go on for hours, discussing all of the possibilities in life. We each have our unique dreams. However, in our conversations we focus on how they are all going to come true. Yes, we do acknowledge what is true today, but as we discuss what we want, we fully support each other in believing what is true today isn’t what needs to be true tomorrow. We know that anything we want is possible. And so when we discuss all that we want, we have a knowing that we can have it. Then, as we leave each other after having had such a highly inspired conversation, we leave with an excitement like I have never shared with anyone else before.

Everyone should be so blessed to have such a supportive someone to share their dreams with. Everyone should be surrounded by people who support them with everything they want. In fact, much of my coaching is simply giving people permission to want what they want. If you don’t have friends who support you in what you want, set the intention to attract them into your life. Support your friends with their dreams, and see how they return the favor. Or simply seek out more friends. We all want to be happy, and having friends who support our dreams is definitely an inspirational way to live our lives.

Jenny is off to Sweden for the holidays. I am sure going to miss her!

Jenny's business is Life and Harmony Coaching and her new Blog is in progress!