Appreciating Life For Having Great Friends

I am amazed by human nature’s tendency to develop a love affair with many things. In my life, I have friends who share the same interests with mine, which is recreational flying. However, I also have friends who are not as adventurous as I am. So these are the people who enjoy the safer side like playing golf and watching football. I also have friends on the contradictory side. They are passionate about the quite risky stuff. They are the types who enjoy scuba diving and recreational flying. I have a diverse circle of friends.

There is one good friend I’ve known since childhood. He has a passion for flying like me. I remember his room is filled with all sorts of airplane toys. During playtime, most of our pretend plays end up being a pilot and a passenger. At most times, it’s obvious I was his passenger. We would climb up trees and pretend to be up in the air. He is crazy about flying. I love to travel and see great places. That’s something we have in common.

His childhood affection with flying planes did not turn him into a professional pilot. He is a businessman who knows how to fly a glider plane. He enrolled in an aviation course, got a training and fly for the purpose of recreation. Sometimes I tease him for being weird and extremist. Our childhood pretend play became real. It’s a unique hobby he loves sharing with me. He would invite me to fly with him during a perfect weather. It’s always been a rare and worthwhile experience flying with him.

Not only are we bonded through recreation and fun, we share a thing for helping the community and initiating actions during bad times. We took it by heart to organize a group to help rebuild a neighborhood when it was devastated by a hurricane.

Of course, this organization would not have been possible if not for the help of my friend’s cousin, Jon. Jon owns a website about water damage restoration so it was not hard to efficiently serve the community. He was a good man that wanted to help people through his website he called MyWebPal. How could he not help the simple organization that we decided to start, right?

Jon generously shared his resources for the clean-up of the churches, schools and homes of low-income families. He also made sure that relief items were given to these families and he gave talks and seminars about how people can prevent future water damage in their homes.

It was great to be friends with people with warm hearts. It is with these kinds of friends that people can truly grow. They provided me great experiences – from flying to volunteerism. I thought all we would come to find joy in are toy planes. Through many years, I have been inspired by each and everyone’s dedication and passion. I never thought I would earn friends with the ability of casting a ripple effect of change to my community and most especially, my life.