Today my window gave me the importance of sparing my noon hour with a friend. I think I should do this more often, one friend at a time. Because there will always be work waiting for me, there will always be some task, some responsibility to be ticked off. So having just one hour with one friend while I'm munching away, not only provides me with the food that my body needs...it provides my heart, my sanity, with nourishment.
Today my window opened to Wida. Beautiful Wida. If she was an artist, actor or celebrity, I would be one of her biggest fans. But she's not (or not yet) and I'm very lucky she's always accessible and that I'm able to call her my friend. She's one of those rare people who is grounded, honest, sincere and humble. Who doesn't care squat diddle if you're royalty or pauper, she will not waste your time and treat you as you treat her.
We met at the brand new restaurant at Plaza Senayan, Union. Although the service is still rather slow - considering they've only opened two weeks and is constantly rockin packed full - and cutlery doesn't seem to follow the dishes as they are presented (meaning: there's another 10 minuets for the cutlery to show up), the food is just fab! Calamari with putanesca, Boston chowder, real garden salad with the precise 3 minuet boiled egg, pan-seared scallops with aglio olio, burgers and steak, roast baby chicken, generously sized donuts and cakes...real lemon juice and oh so thick ice chocolate... OMG!!!! Yum-O.. This is my new love....
Anyways...It started as a light update over pasta, and Lord& Behold I started talking more about my woes and worry. And as always, she will share with me her opinion in a way that makes me sit up and pay attention. You know, God cannot talk to us directly...it will make us go crazy...So God talks to us through our friends. How blessed, eh? and you will know it because those kind of talks will somehow feel like a deep synchronized chime in your head and heart.
It's really incredible that when Wida expresses her mind, I listen and shift my view of things differently without feeling stupid about it. Because Wida has the unusual skill of balancing what she expresses clearly while at the same time providing space for me to save face. Meaning...I don't end up wanting to dig my head into the ground or pretend to faint due to my own foolishness.
I mean when I think about it, I remember times when I even regretted sharing non-emotional things with my doctor...suppressing the spontaneous urge to clobber him as I'm at the cashier counter. Let alone something that stirs the heart.
That's why Wida is truly beautiful to me. My sanity check angel, who doesn't bow arrow me for my silliness but holds out a wisdom mirror for me...so that I don't end up wacking my own head, but instead go and take a hot shower, contemplate on how I should step forward, and come out fresh.
My God...how grateful I am because of her. Wida and my 12 other arisan friends actually... but today, my inner knowledge came from Wida. Her attention and sincerity is of infinite value...it cannot be bought.
I don't think I can ever provide to her the same generosity. How can anyone ever top that? There can only be one Wida. But what I can do is write about her, about her awesomeness, her totality... and I can pray for her. Dear God, please Bless this beautiful woman with good health and happiness. For she has given me so much more. Aamiin
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