thankful.

lately i've been given the opportunity to be a friend to some people, outside of just hanging out and laughing. i've been invited into these people's lives in the sense that they've needed guidance, someone to listen, and mostly i think just someone to look back at them and say "hey, you're not insane for feeling the way you feel."

i often need to have friends like that, and it has meant so much to me to be that sort of friend. it is ridiculously flattering to be invited into a person's problems, simply because a person has to humble themselves to a degree in order to ask for that sort of help, and be able to the person their speaking to immensely in order to talk about whatever it is that bothers them.

i'm thankful for the people who have trusted me lately. i hope i can always be that sort of person. :)