11/25/2025
This is SO very true….I personally could not be more grateful for all my beautiful lighthouses! ❤️🙏
Friends Are Like Lighthouses
Friends are like lighthouses.
They don’t still the water
or quiet the approaching storm,
but they stand where land meets
the uncertainty of the sea,
offering their light
without asking anything in return.
You don’t always notice them
when the day is bright
and the path is clear;
their shape blends
into the familiar horizon.
But the moment the weather turns,
when grief thickens the air,
when loneliness fogs your sense of direction,
their presence becomes unmistakable.
A friend’s light isn’t a rescue.
It doesn’t tow you back to shore
or fix the damage
you’ve taken along the way.
It is a steady, recurring assurance:
I see you. I haven’t looked away.
I’m keeping watch
while you find your way through this.
That beam, sweeping across dark water,
is sometimes the only thing
that reminds you
you’re not drifting unseen.
And the beauty of lighthouses,
like friends,
is that they keep shining
even when you can’t bring yourself
to call for help.
They don’t demand explanations,
don’t ask you to justify your sorrow;
their light simply continues,
faithful, patient, unwavering,
until you feel ready
to move toward safety again.
The
Friends don’t save us
from the storms of our lives.
They give us something more human:
a fixed point of compassion
to steer by
so that even in the deepest darkness
we do not feel lost.
~ 'Friends Are Like Lighthouses' by Spirit of a Hippie
✍️ Mary Anne Byrne
~ Art by Bea Taverna
