Touching

On Facebook today
an old old friend posted a Thank You to many of his college friends --
Thanking us for our support in his first months and years of sobriety

to be honest

I don't recall being particularly supportive
or understanding
or helpful to him

but he called me by name
and the names of our friends

24 years later.

it made me think about some of the people who have been on my journey
through the years

some of them in my distant past
some of them just giving a kind word - in one moment - on one particular day

or a comment on a blog at a particular moment

and those who played a more major role as well
putting me back on track

helping me to heal
and learn

and grow

and I feel lucky

to have had those people
and

will strive to be more aware
that we all have the chance
to make a difference

for good
or for harm

every day