First off, I’m so thankful of the people around me who I can call my friends (and family). I’m honored to have come across certain individuals who I’ve been able to sit back and think about how I’m lucky to have them in my life. Not all of them I see regularly, but the fact is we have a common sense of commitment to maintaining and strengthening our relationship. The last month was ‘blergh’, highs and lows, but my lows were indeed caught by my beautiful friends and family. The messages and the thoughtfulness…I doubt they’ll understand how much it meant. For that I thank them! I used to think that your true friends are the ones you grew up with or knew from back in the days of ignorant youthful bliss, over the years I’ve understood it isn’t so. The last instance was late last year. I grew up with someone I considered a close friend, as we got older we parted. We had different friends, different schedules, we were becoming different people. In my mind though we were different I believed that if we met again we would still be close. I mean, I’m different from a lot of my friends and we still get on! Fast forward more than 15 years later and I’m back in the ends at a social event invited by one of my friends. I happen to come across this person who I have always wondered how life was for her and I couldn’t wait until our paths crossed again! We said our pleasantries and were cordial with each other, but the truth be known, that could have been any stranger in the street. My preconceived notions I had of us catching up on the lost years were dashed and in the wake of it was a sharp crash landing to reality. This stayed with me for a few days and then it hit me. In this life, friends and family will inevitably come and go. I had been deceiving myself into thinking that you have to keep these relationships going and you can always pick up where you left off. This is not always true unfortunately. I have made friends in the last few years that I am so thankful for. I don’t really need to mention names, because the people know who they are and I tell or show them how much I appreciate their friendship. We can joke, chill, be honest with each other and not have to endure false pretenses. There’s no telling how long this will last, as inevitably all good things come to an end, but I like this, and for that I am thanking them.
