Friends

There is a lot to be said about someone who does what they love, regardless of what people say. I have a friend who is making a action figure based on his toon from WoW. I also know people who would think he is dumb or nerdy or whatever you want to use to put him down. Fact is, it is awesome that he is doing that.

I have known my friend, we shall call him Myoga, for a few years now. I met him while playing WoW. There was a time when I left my original server, but I came back and he was in the guild that I used to play in. Turns out he lives very near to me. In all this time, I have never met him in person. Not because I am scared to do so, but because I am a terrible friend.

From what I have learned of my friend, he is a very talented person. He is a nerd and should be proud of it. He plays trading card games, and role plays in games as well as LARPs LARP stands for Live Action Role Playing. I have learned Myoga is loyal. He is what I should try to be for my friends.

I am not very friendly, even when you are among my best friends. I like to sit inside, not go out, unless it is early in the day so I can be back home in the afternoon. That makes me rather poor friend in my eyes. Yet I have some of the greatest friends I have never seen.

I have in the past mentioned my guild. The guild name is Gentle Persuasion. We are found on the Blade's Edge server, Alliance side. I have personal, as in outside of WoW friends, that I talk to as much as I can when not in the game. I have mentioned my best friend a few times. We met  there and I will never let that girl go. She is awesome. I met my greatest love that never was in there as well. I would give up so much for her, yet distance and money make it very unlikely we will ever met.

In my horde guild, God brought a group of people together all from the same general area. We got people in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana. I got friends from Canada, New York, Utah, Washington state, Washington DC, Michigan, and Florida. Outside of a few of them, I could probably go meet anyone of them in a days drive. Would I? Sure would if I was invited. But for now, I will stick with my friends online.

Old Ironforge before Cataclysm came out. Used to have to slow fall in as a mage.

Each one, at sometimes tells me things they like to do. Sometimes it interests me as well, others, I think it is boring. But each person is so special regardless of if I like it. God made these people so different, yet so much the same that we all connect on levels that I feel is missing these days.

It is an intimacy that few people can share.We are a guild, we are a single body of individuals working toward a goal to better each of us. When was the last time you did something that went above and beyond what your friend expected, just to help them, and looking for nothing in return?

I really do believe that God has set things up for something, and I do look forward to seeing it. So while I have these great people in my digital life, I need to spread my wings a bit more. Go out and meet people in real life. It will be hard, but worth it. As I work toward that, I have my good friends, and my guildmates. With them I will never have to pretend to be something I am not, just to fit in.

If they all lived closer, I would invite each and everyone to church with me. Maybe starting with Myoga I will start working on that.