Heart to Heart

I had a chat with my father sometime back. He left me something that still rings in my heart.

“人生道路上要有朋友。人生其一大幸福是能够交到毫无居心，一年见不到几次面也能找时间坐下聊聊心事的知心朋友。”

Allow me to translate.

"Friendship is one of the greatest gifts in our lives. To have friends who are devoid of intentions, whom you may rarely meet, but whom you can still have a heart-to-heart talk when you do meet, is a real blessing."

How true.

I recently met up with two such friends. I needed to space out. I shared with them about everything that has happened - life's perplexities, vulnerabilities, career, mom's illness, disillusions and such.

Although having been distanced by space and time, we were still able to sit down in the middle of Orchard Road or by the river at Esplanade and just talk. Heart-to-heart. About anything and everything. As though nothing's changed.

This is both amazing and touching to me.

I have two beautiful gifts. Kinship and friendship. I hope to reciprocate these gifts to the people in my life.