Thankful for special friends!!!

I am soooooooooooooo thankful for good conversations with good friends!!! I have really struggled with saddness, being hurt and such in the last year or so. I have struggled with what life has thrown at me but I found that it has also taught me a lot about myself, others and the LORD!!! I know a lot of my posts have been sad or frustrated but that is what I had been dealing with and going through. I don't want to hide ME! I am an open book about my feelings but it is also nice to hear sometimes how others see you. I have a friend who is soooooooooooo very dear to me and means the world to me and tonight she told me I am strong and a fighter and a good person and it really made me smile. It made my night!! Sometimes just to hear something from others can change you totally. Even a smile from a stranger can change the world for someone. It really reminded me that we have a lot of power in our words, our body gestures, etc. That we can change someones day, night, life, etc. That GOD uses us to do this and sometimes we don't even know it. Or we can't know the extent that we do. I know this friend knows I love her and she is special to me, but I don't know that she will ever know the extent in which she has changed my life. I know we all feel that way about someone or someone's. But I want to be that person that can help others and make a difference in their life for the LORD!! I am just so thankful for those few people in my life that are my TRUE DEEP FRIENDS!!!!!