The world's best compliment

Recently i received a very precious gift, something very simple but extremely beautiful. A friend of mine decided to touch my heart in a way that no-one has before. They gave me the worlds best compliment, well to me it was anyway. My friend said to me that "i am an oasis" I was curious about their choice of words and was then greeted with an explanation that confirmed what i had first heard. I have never seen myself as someone who could even resemble an oasis but more like the complete opposite. But an oasis is a place where there is a refreshing peace from the trials of the day, a place where one can relax. I was told that not everyone can see an oasis. So i think it would take one of the few following things to know its location.

1. An explorer would know its location.
2. An explorer would look for an oasis by a process of illimination.
3. An explorer would find it by complete accident.



An oasis is usually hidden and only reveals its beauty to an explorer who is patient and who lets the heart of the oasis speak for itself.
The thought that i keep thinking about is.... that i know myself and i know i have barriers around me, but this person revealed something in me instantly and revealed to the surface a part of my character that i had misplaced through time. This makes me think that my explorer friend knew exactly how to find my most hidden place. The one thing that impresses me is that someone can still find it.

A Lebonese-American author called Kahlil Gibran once said that...
"Faith is an oasis in the heart which will never be reached by the caravan of thinking."

Thankyou my friend for giving me the world's best compliment.


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