What a wretched lot of old shrivelled creatures we were yesterday..uglier to others but lovelier to each other...and can afford to be stupid too....redoubled our joys, completely rejuvenated, a good BREAK...by that here I mean "friends" and friendship and how important it becomes to have a good bunch of them, engage in inconsequential chatter, to be able to just be yourself with them, be unreservedly frank, almost a real value to survival....Road to realization-that now a close knit family!....even though we've changed and finding our own place in the world but no matter what we still carry the feeling of oneness....
Four years ago the discovery started as to who all "would grow separately without growing apart", with time we found or rather discovered a reasonable circle of friends...."don't remember how we happened to meet each other, don't remember who got along with whom first , all I remember is all of us together...always" .....absolutely down-to-earth people, no hang ups in life, very informal, gives us a feeling of being our own...therefore no formalities whatsoever and that's what I appreciated!....being in this part of the world minus family is like a huge vacuum....hence we needed those special few who would be able to leave a footprints in our hearts....Its a fact that "Friends are God's way of apologizing to us for families"...and mind you they were all strangers in the first place....but now they do form an important part of our life....today I/we realize this even more....
We are all born alone, live alone, die alone yet we needed these strong and habitual inclination of friendship ( the most quoted subject in the history of mankind)....its a taste of truth which spares nothing...Hence "Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom" by Marcel Proust.
And as Barbara Ehrenreich's quotes " That's free enterprise , friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the greatest thing -- the truly democratic thing about it -- is that don't even have to be a player to lose".....strikes a chord in me!
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A friend is someone who likes you
even when things go wrong. I know I have many friends in here who likes to beat me up.
I have so many more friends to encounter, especially since I plan to live a life full of unexpected journeys. But the friends I have made thus far are beautiful people, and help me in every aspect of my life.
-Jen
A friend in need is a freind in indeed. This might sound very old & boring but, ask me. I have personally experienced this, & I am grateful to my best friend.
Vikram
Very thought provoking. I almost choked reading this.
Cathy
Real friends are the ones who survive transitions between address books. Steve
Don't know where I got this from; but here it is:
"Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend.
Your grown up children are your best friends."
NEEDS
There is some self-interest behind every friendship. There is no friendship without self-interests. This is a bitter truth.
~~Steve
Friends are like the best ice cream, there is always room for more. But I am talking about Best friends here, a rare breed. A true friend is the greatest blessing.
As Rinaya puts it, it's better to have one good friend than a hundred relatives.
I think all of us here have atleast one friend in their life who seems not a separate person, however dear and beloved, but an expansion, an interpretation, of one's self, the very meaning of one's soul
"Friends are like bra's, close to your heart and there for support."
Author; Unown
"God made relatives; Thank God we can choose our friends". If we are lucky, some of them become girl/boy friends.--Bob
Very good blog, just love your style. Keep up the fine work. Tanya-
Thank you All and Happy Weekend!
I agree Steve, now-a-days it's tough to find good friends without selfish motives.
Kelly
Great post to remind all of us on how precious the friends are. Seema
Some friends do change like seasons, from year to year from place to place. Just curious.. what happened to the old friends (prior to 4 years)?
Never regret missing those for, it's not worth remembering those who didn't bother to call or email.
Arpita
Arpita: Pretty much in touch with the oldies as well, My blog mentions about the friends in Canada...but as you put it some are not worth remembering who doesn't bother to call/ email....Its a two-way effort...
Seema: Thankyou
Some of the oldest & best friends don't communicate often. But when they do, it's as if we spoke to each other not too long ago !! It's all in the heart..depends on how deep they are entrenched.
Seema
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. I am glad I have a couple of them & hope to add more here.--Sonam
Best friends can tell you things you don't want to tell yourself. They can understand your silence, share the stupidity & laugh at silly things without qualms. I believe a good friend is a connection to your life - almost like a tie to the past and a key to the future.
No wonder with such value, they are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget.
NEEDS
Hello everyone, I am here, breaking my silence after almost a month. Great blog. And NEEDS; you can patent your quotes !!!
:-)))
Tracy
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