Support - how does something become so important

I have discovered today that support for who we are, what we believe in and what we love is so very important. Not a superficial kind of support that pats you on the back for a job well done... the kind of support that makes a real difference, the kind that makes us feel ok despite the fact that everything around us suggests we have the wrong idea or are doing the wrong thing. I don't mean someone who agrees with you all the time. I mean someone who takes time to understand your needs and what is really going on, tells you your an idiot but then holds your hand while you waddle through the crap creek you made for yourself. Someone you can tell everything too, because you know they will do what ever it takes to make your life better and reach your full potential.

Its those sort of supports that make us human, enable us to deal with the emotional and confronting climate of the world we live in. These supports don't just tell us we can fly, they pick us up and throw us...

All support no matter how small is important... Im a nerd so i get it this way... Think of a circuit board, (thats the green board covered in metal and plastic bits in anything electrical)... Every part in that circuit design plays a role. The parts that cost $100 are just as important to making it all work as the 0.02 cent parts that proliferate it. There may be fail safes for when certain parts fail, but it still won't work the same.

Im a circuit board and i get support from lots of places... But it is all important... The friendly hello, to the hugs and deep conversations, these things keep me afloat. When even the smallest part stops working, my life seems to writhe in frustration, I can cope but its hard, and there are only so many parts that can fail before this circuit board will fry up and go into melt down...

I have one fail safe i can rely on. God... He's the only special order part I know that can mold and morph into any part needed and fill the gap. He's the best support changeling around. He fills needs and supports those without any support. One problem, that requires faith and a steadfast knowledge that he is there and loves me even when i don't notice. Maybe i need practice remembering that, but it's hard.


Thanks
Tim