A little promise

I think I could listen to John Mayer sing "Heart of Life" over and over for hours. I'm listening to him now and it brings back a million memories. I shared this song with a friend of mine and everytime we needed to run to town to get the mail or go to the bank or something, we would play it in the car on repeat. Then, when we turned onto the road leading home, I would slow the car down to like 20km/h just so we could listen to it longer. It goes like this:

I hate to see you cry
Lying there in that position
There's things you need to hear
So turn off your tears
And listen

Pain throws your heart to the ground
Love turns the whole thing around
No it won't all go the way it should
But I know the heart of life is good

You know, it's nothing new
Bad news never had good timing
Then, circle of your friends
Will defend the silver lining

Pain throws your heart to the ground
Love turns the whole thing around
No it won't all go the way it should
But I know the heart of life is good

Pain throws your heart to the ground
Love turns the whole thing around
Fear is a friend who's misunderstood
But I know the heart of life is good
I know it's good

I think I just like the perspective in the song...life is good with your friends, when you share it with someone. People come and go, good things happen, bad things happen, it's all life and as long as you can share those experiences with someone who you love, it's all good. I have kind of an obsession with writing essays about life and how it is ALL of our experiences, no matter how painful or full of joy they are, that make our journey on earth what it is. So this song sums it up for me.
I used to live in community. It's easy to get to know people and let people know you when you live so close together. I'm finding it more difficult to be myself without having people always around who are familiar, I with them and them with me. Life is just better when you can share it. But living in community, I still had to learn how to live transparent and open with people. It took me a couple years to really get it right, I experienced the fruit of thse lessons for a time and then I packed my bags and moved here. I'm starting over again and it's hard sometimes but I know from my past experience, that it's worth fighting for to have relationships with people you can really talk with.
So here's a little promise to myself, that when it gets really hard, I'll push through and step out of my comfort zone and instead of hiding, I'll make an effort to talk to someone, ask them questions and be genuinely interested in their life.