Saturday, February 3, 2007

False Friends

Friends carry heavy responsibilities on their shoulders. They are expected to understand a broken heart to the droning sob story that comes along with, to laugh at corny comments when no one else thinks it'd funny, to trail a crush, to share an ice cream, or many others. Genuine friendship requires a touching of hearts and a meeting of souls.
Picking the wrong friend can be disapponting, or even disastrous. Still, more crucial to friendship than choosing the right friend is being the right friend. A good friendship requires goodness in both sides. Moral good ness is the quality that makes friendship possible. Because from this, comes harmony, permanence and fidelity.
We frown on discriminations as we should. But we should always be careful lest while we forge some new friendships.
Friends can be thee when they need you, but once you're down and out, it's going to be a miracle o find them. Some can be clingers that always follow and copy your style. They could go wherever you wil go, wear some perfume and crimp their hair to get your look. This could dismiss the relationship as unhealthy and smothering. They could be detrimental to your well-being. Some could be possessive that they will get jealous when you start talking with someone. And lastly, they could be self-absorbed friends that dive you your blow-by-blow account of their weekend and detailed reports of their daily meals. You may end up wondering if they know anything about you or do they care at all.
Friends could be a pest in our lives. Wrong friends could lead our lives into a mess. They could even turn our lives into hell. But what really matter is that we should endure our hardships with each other's company. This is important in developing friendship.
For a friendship to actually work, it requires mutual compassion, consideration and understanding. We should value our friendships so much. Let's face it, they are one of the biggest part of our lives. They are the keeper of our secrets, the wiper of our tears, and the laugher of our corniest jokes. As what Aristotle said, "without friends, no one would chose to live, though he ahd all other goods."

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I like this post of yours. Indeed, we need friends to survive in a pesky game called life! Since I am your friend, I would like to inform you that there are some typo-errors in your post. My friendly advise, try to extinguish them as fast as you could before Mr.Elmer finds out! **Grin** Keep it up Iel!