And if we’ re going to grow spiritually and relationally, we might need to take some surfing lessons so we can learn how to read the waves, to welcome those who ride them into our lives, and to know when it’ s time to let some relationships roll away without disturbing our equilibrium.
Surfer friends ride in on the tides of our lives with purpose— sometimes close, sometimes distant, but always meaningful.
Some friendships arrive at just the right moment, bringing encouragement, perspective, or growth, and recede when their time is complete. These are the friendships that ebb and flow with life’ s seasons yet never lose their rhythm. You might not talk often, but when you do, it’ s as if no time has passed. The expression that best describes this level is You pick up where you left off. There may be a lapse, but these friends reenter our lives as though no time has been lost. Conversation picks up effortlessly from where you left off; the connection doesn’ t lose its potency, even after long periods apart.
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