I wanted to write to you about friendship, but I feel that the real topic of this post needs to be Connection – the connections we have with others. It has taken me a long time, and a journey through many disintegrated friendships to begin to understand the impact of frequency and vibration and the difference between friendship and the deep connections we feel and cultivate with others.

Even as I write this, I’m struggling to find words to really describe what I mean about the difference between friendship and Connection. Connection is deeper, it’s felt and it can’t be denied. Connection is about finding your tribe – and your tribe are those people who resonate with you, who make it feel easy to be your unapologetic self and you don’t even have to think about it, you can simply ‘be.’ Connection is when the person or people you are with ‘see’ you, who ‘know’ you on a much deeper level.

I am at a stage in my journey where I am beginning to set intentions for my Connections. Understanding what I need from the people around me comes from a deeper understanding of myself. As I begin to see my value, as I begin to take up more space and step into being me, I begin to develop a more intuitive approach to building and cultivating relationships with the people around me.

I found Connection with the wonderful souls who attended the retreat in Fiji and it came with an ease of being. Upon returning home, I found myself missing that Connection, almost grieving it. On Friday night, after a busy week of work, I found myself sitting at home scrolling through Netflix, but not being able to settle on anything to watch. I was very close to being in the mindset of feeling sorry for myself – my friends were off living their brilliant and amazing lives – and I was sitting at home in my PJ’s. I received a call from someone who hasn’t been in my life for very long, but someone that I feel a very strong Connection to. She had a movie ticket for me and it started in twenty minutes. I almost said no, until a quiet voice in my head reminded me that this is what I’ve been asking for, almost longing for. I am glad that I listened.

Throwing on some clothes, I raced down the road to meet them at the movie theatre. Our group of four watched Venom; The Last Dance, following that, we indulged in hot drinks at McDonald’s. To say that McDonald’s was busy is an understatement – it was packed to the rafters with teenagers. In spite of that, it was as if we had formed our own little energetic island. We talked through some big topics, and read for one another. It was beautiful, and it made my soul thrum with love, and gratitude. I came home in awe of the connections we had made. I came home knowing that I had found three members of my tribe.

The people you have around you make a HUGE difference in your life. It is so very important to make sure that you have the right people around you. How do you know if those people are the right people? You feel it! In the Connections that are right for you, you discover an ease of being. You don’t have to be anyone but yourself and you don’t have to think about who you are. It’s easy and it flows. It fills you up with the knowledge that you are not alone.

That is something that has come through strongly this week – we are not alone. We have a tribe of souls helping us to navigate our way through this lifetime – some are with us in Spirit, others are in the form of living, breathing humans. Either way, the message is the same – we are not alone, and will never be alone. We just have to Connect.

Interestingly, one of the readings I received on Friday night came with a message that I want to leave with you – if you ask for something, you will receive opportunities. I asked for Connection, those deeper relationships with others – and I received an opportunity. It’s our job to make sure when opportunity knocks, we open the door and let it in.