So I have a colleague and her name is Ashley too.
We're known as the Double Trouble Terror Team because we can be super happy and joyful and also call you out your bs and be very strict with people (hey, it's a service job and peeps try to take advantage of stuff all the time so we need to set boundaries and keep enforcing them otherwise it just all goes downhill).
The Ashley's is another nickname we have.
And we love it.
We have become very very good friends that hang out outside of work and literally whatsapp eachother every day.
She is a big part of my life and I wouldn't want it any other way!
I just had a whatsapp convo with Ash about how we cannot imagine not being in each other's life anymore.
We started reminiscing about some of the funny stuff we have experienced together and I had a right good laugh about it all. When I laugh, I really cackle. I throw my head back and this loud laugh escapes my throat which is completely uncontrollable and my whole body shakes with laughter.
Just writing that sentence made me have a good giggle.
And it got me thinking about the impact people have on lives.
Of course the usual suspects (parents and partners) are what I have about more often but if I think about my friendships, it opens a whole new arena of amazing memories and paths in life that I have undertaken because of these wonderful people in my life (I have GREAT friends and I am blessed to have quite a few of them!).
They have impacted every single part of my life without me really knowing it.
From the way I dress to where I work to the things I say to ways I think.
It's super cool to think about.
I could go on and on about the ways my friends have impacted me but let's be honest, I'd still be writing this post tomorrow.
So let me ask you a question.
What impact has a friend or several friends had in your life?
Have a little think about it and let me know!
It made me really really happy to think about so maybe it'll have the same effect on you too!
I think it's a really cool topic to think about and who knows, maybe it'll make you appreciate your friends even more! ;)
Over and out,
Ashley
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Hahaha, I used to work with two girls named Vanessa who were super close... and we just called them The Noise because you'd definitely know when they arrived.
My closest friend in the US is incredibly supportive, incredibly optimistic and really super smart, so I always come away from our hangs feeling like I've learnt a bunch of stuff... She's an amazing listener and I always feel like she's given me way more than I've given her, so she definitely always makes me want to be a better friend too...
hahahah The Noise, such a good name!!
She sounds like a great friend!! Do you speak to her often now that you are abroad?
I do... she's actually my closest friend in the US... I've still got some very close friends in Australia that I chat to regularly on Whatsapp, Telegram, etc.
The truth is that when we walk with people, interact with them, one way or the other their character will be impacted on us and we will tend to reason things the same way
For this reason we need to be very careful to discern and understand the kind of peoole we roll with and to carefully select friends.
Definitely this is a nice one from you and it is going to really bring back lot of memories of friends tht ad been of help in our life,just that an adage do say here in my country that "20 children can't play together for 20years",but still the impact of skme of my friends as been wonderful and can't be forgotten.
I remember I used to have this friend when I was in school that really helped my life by helping me out with every text book I need due to financial restrain then,he was always there,most times he would have gotten those text without my notice,while me was still wandering how to get them.
Indeed we have some friends who as been wonderful,just as we have some with bar influence,but won't be giving any credit to those one's,the good one's deserve it all.
Even thou i later lost contact with this friend of mine then back in college,your content as really makes me see how good he was to me and how important he was to my success back in college.
Thanks for bringing this on