Question for the bulls. How do I interpret this?

I shall try and keep this as short but there is some back story ... So I have a taurus male friend who I have gotten much closer to in the past year (we have a 20 yr f/ship) because he went through a crisis and I was big support to him. We text each other every day (usually 2 or 3 times - we live in different states) ..anyway he has a lot on his plate at the moment (work/family/new house etc) so I suggested that we should stop texting for a while so he could put his focus on the important stuff (I have been reading your comments about taurus and career - he is a very successful business man and very money focused). He responded to me with (his exact words) "in summary you should stop overthinking stuff, accept the fact I won't go away and sometimes i am not as responsive as i should be but i will always respond in time" (note..there have only been a couple of days in the last 6 months where he didnt respond in a day). I know Taurus make the best friends (he is a fantastic one!!!) i am wondering if he is thinking about more ..on top of the "i wont go away" he has asked recently asked me about my views on changing careers and if i would ever marry again.... oh and then he went quiet with the texts after his response for a day (very unusual for him)

I think you may be overthinking too much to actually just go with the flow and enjoy the friendship. If you didn't know why he brought up career change and marriage questions to you, then you should ask him why he asked and he will clarify that to you. Any time you have a doubt ask the person directly and 90% of the time you'll begin to understand where they are coming from. He mentioned that he's not leaving you or going away completely which seems as he wants to remain in your life, don't get anxious when he can't text you back let him take care of his personal issues and I'm sure he will be back in contact once he has free time again. Overthinking ruins relationships, communicate directly with him to avoid misunderstandings. That's my advice to you.

Thank you ! I thought bulls are very reserved about expressing their feelings/emotions, hence my hesitation in being direct. That and the fact that we should not be anything more than friends.

The reason for my comment a bove is this.....from a site TaurusBull1977 posted about..... "He operates behind the scenes, always keeping his intentions guarded and others in a constant state of guessing. He is a man of reaction - not one of action. He forces others to play their hand before revealing his own, all the while, he's working his angle behind the scenes".

I just read you comment JohntheBaptist! I think you have confirmed the above quote. Thank you (love your directness). I have been very badly burnt before by someone else and this situation is rather complicated but the relationship is very important to me...the amount of communication between us is rather unusual for both of us and for a friendship in general hence my need to analyse (though i am just starting to look at our comms with squinted eyes haha). I am just being rather bull like (though i am not one myself) in being wary.