Friendship
With the travels and dinner parties this past two weeks have been a wonderful time to better get to know my Kuwait friends. Sometimes we get so busy with work and daily life that we forget to just stop, sit around a dinning room table and get to know the hearts of the wonderful people that are your neighbours.
It was nice that last weekend 6 lovely ladies got to laugh, shop, talk, explore and drink red wine in Duabi. It was wonderful to learn about our unique diversity, the interesting choices we all made to shape the people we are today, who we were and how we have grown. Working, living close to and being friends outside of work with people you work with sometimes presents challenges but I truly do believe if you take care of your friends the way you would like someone to take care of you, the challenges find a way to bring you closer together.
Dubai is a huge Arabian Disneyland experience, that was interesting to explore, but what I cherish most from that trip is not what I saw but who I got to spend time with. Thanks Ladies!
I had eventually come to understand that friendship was a delicate, gradual process that mustn’t be rushed or seized upon but allowed and encouraged to take its course over time. I pictured it as a butterfly, simultaneously beautiful and fragile, that once afloat belonged to the air and any attempt to grab at it would only destroy it.
Kuwait City, KUWAIT
Christine Oastler is a freelance travel writer, teacher and artist, currently living in Mahboula, Kuwait. Born and raised in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, Christine obtained her Bachelor of Arts at Trent University and her Bachelor of Education from Queen’s University. Currently traveling around the Middle East she finds herself riding the odd camel and embracing a new culture!