We carry several relationships in our life. Sub-consciously we have categorised them and have rules, expectations and have built an internal code around them with which we carry these relationships. But there are some relationships in our life that are so special that they become difficult to define.

We may not have spoken to them for months, but we pick up the conversation as if we were together yesterday. Or we could meet them almost every day and never tire of being with them. Distance does not define the relationship.

We just know they are a call away, no matter what, no matter when. The thought doesn’t even cross our minds whether we should make the call. Protocol does not define the relationship.

We just know what they mean when they try to put in words some of their deeper feelings. And sometimes we understand their silence better than most around them. Spoken words do not define the relationship.

We feel the pain of their pain and the joy of their joy. We share their challenges as our own and feel successful in their success. Ego does not define the relationship.

We carry them in our thoughts without actively thinking of them. In a sense, we deeply care for them without imposing ourselves on them or find the need to be included in everything they do all the time. Expectations do not define the relationship.

We are aware that they carry other relationships in their life which are extremely important. We also respect that not every relationship they carry may include us. We don’t need the assurance of inclusion. Insecurity does not define the relationship.

We can be ourselves with them. We can easily share what’s on our mind and give them our honest opinion without fear. Judgement does not define the relationship.

It is rare and precious to have someone in our life with whom we share this understanding and with whom the relationship is built on pure love and nothing else. Not everyone around us can sometimes understand these relationships; but then this type of relationship cannot be understood, it has to be experienced.

The world has given names for the relationships we carry. But some relationships have no name.