Friends are a funny thing. Everyone has at least one person in their life that they can confide everything in. Some people are lucky enough to have large groups of people in which they can share their intimate details and stories with.
Sometimes friendships turn out badly. There could be a fight, a misunderstanding, or simply lack of trying. Moving away, making new friends, being busy with other aspects of life can all be factors in friendships going sour. The worst way for a friendship to end is "breaking-up." But sometimes, it's the only way to go. Things can build up, issues are not discussed, you begin to overanalyze things said or done, start testing that person's loyalty, try out new friends, or simply just stop calling. Eventually one of you will get fed up enough to end it once and for all. The worst is when it is unexpected. This is the fault of the one who didn't bring it up when things first started to go badly. Often, it's for the best. Eventually you both realize that neither of you were gaining anything from the relationship, and will indeed become better, stronger people on your own.
Friendships, to me, are nothing to be taken lightly. My friends are my family, just as my family members are my friends. I tend to share everything with everyone. Which is probably why I find it so difficult to understand people who prefer to keep everything to themselves. I absolutely have a respect for people who don't go around telling everyone everything, and I have even more respect for people who can truly keep a secret. However I have come across people who will not tell you anything about them unless you drag it out of them to the point where it almost becomes painful.
I am one of those people who like to be kept in the know. I tell my friends seemingly meaningless details about my day because I want them to know that I am not keeping anything from them. I am an open book to the people I love, which is how I like it, because when I need advice or someone who understands, I know that there are people out there who know exactly what it is that I need. I consider myself incredibly lucky to have the people around me that I do. I strive to keep positive, intelligent, mature people around me who actually like me for who I am.
In return, I love my friends for who they are. I adore their quirks, their faults, the little things that separate them from everyone else. I hope I have managed to become a person who can be trusted and confided in. I am definitely equipped with my own personal set of quirks, experiences and faults, but I do not feel that they have held me back in any way. On the contrary, I feel that if I were just like everyone else, I would become boring. Obsolete. A "been there, done that, got the t-shirt" type of person. I am who I am, and people need to accept that. Thankfully, there are people who have, and I love them for it.
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