Anything Considered

Do you remember the 21st night of September?
Love was changing the minds of pretenders
While chasing the clouds away

Our hearts were ringing
In the key that our souls were singing
As we danced in the night
Remember how the stars stole the night away

Aaahh Ba de ya - say do you remember
Ba de ya - dancing in September
Ba de ya - never was a cloudy day

EARTH, WIND, AND FIRE: September

Sometimes old-school music is simply the best. Hearing this today was a wonderful throw-back to good old nostalgic moods. And it just felt so apt right then to have elephanccinos with a good friend in a laidback sunday afternoon along orchard road. It really makes me wonder why I don't make music more accessible in my life. Or friends, for that matter.

A good friendship is really so much more than the sum of its activities. I loved the ramen, the movie watching, the delightful drinks, the strolling around and all that today; but beyond all that is the feeling of great blessedness that comes in the company of a cherished friend. It's a wonderful, inexplicable feeling that makes me very happy indeed.

Yet inasmuch as I love my friends, the litmus test will always be the dire straits that must come one day. And the thought that I may at that time not want to involve myself when my friend is under fire is a very, very scary one.

I don't know with all certainty what I might do in the future. But for the present, there are some things/people worth fighting for, and a good friend is one of them. I daresay I'd give no less for those I cherish above all.