6 posts tagged “friends”
To all my friends, past present future, neighbors and family:
"There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship." -Saint Thomas Aquinas
Be true friends to each other.
Let's be friends. You can go off and do your own thing, and I can do mine. But we're friends. We pay attention to each other and support each other through the rough times. We tell the stories of our lives to each other. Sometimes we're up, sometimes we're down and rarely at the same time. But regardless, we're friends. If I'm in a bad mood, I'll still talk to you no matter what--you're my friend. Sometimes we won't talk for a while, but that's because we have lives that exist- not outside of one another, but in addition to, our friendship. We don't play games, because our relationship is simple and casual, like a favorite shirt. We're friends. You can rant and rave, and I will support you through good and bad. Even if you ask for the advice you don't want to hear, you know I won't lie to you. I will always support you. You are my friend and you are mine. It's as simple and easy as that.
Friends are like stars, and if you've seen the night sky without the glow of a nearby city, you'd know that there are millions of pinpoints. Some friends burn hotly and brightly and you feel almost seered by the intensity of them. Then they go supernova and vanish, leaving either a small pinpoint of hotness where they once were or (worse) a black hole where they existed in your night sky. Others twinkle, not bright nor dim. They are brighter at certain points of your life, and darker at points of theirs, but still they are there. For as long as you can remember they have been sitting up there, exchanging light with the star of your own friendship. Others move in the night sky, vanishing behind a nebular cloud of disconnected movement of space, to perhaps reappear again later in life. Some stars make intricate clusters, and some of there groups of friendstars become constellations in your life. Though they made fade over the years, you have a map of where they are in the night sky and remember the times when you studied and spend time at that zenith. Fewer still are close stars, fairly bright and steady. They just a few light years away, but give you the most light to guide yourself by.
Friends are like stars. Each one is unique. I hope you see a lot of stars in the nightsky of your life. I can always use more in my sky. They are all a marvel to look at.
Waxing poetic again. I like metaphors.
We had a good Christmas party a couple of days ago. Lots of food and good chat. It's always nice to see the friends and family of your co-workers. We did the usual Santa Swap this year (which I have heard is also called White Elephant or Chinese Auction), and I ended up with a bottle of Jägermeister. Far be it from me to refuse such a good gift, but I ended up giving it to a couple that I know throws a lot of parties. I don't have a lot of friends who live nearby and I'm sure that bottle would come to no good end if it were left in my house for very long. Besides, I think the giving of the gift opens up more friendship avenues than if I kept it.
Friendship avenues are well traveled places, but often it seems that very few people walk from one end to the other.
I was reminded tonight why it's important to have and find good and true friends for life. I'm not a big poetry fan, but here's one poem that always comes to mind.
"The Lover Pleads with His Friends for Old Friends"
Though you are in your shining days,
Voice among the crowd
And new friends busy with your praise,
Be not unkind or proud,
But think about old friends the most:
Time's bitter flood will rise,
Your beauty perish and be lost
For all eyes but these eyes.
-William Butler Yeats
Is there a friend who you owe a phonecall or email? What's stopping you?
Actually, I think I keep in touch with most of my friends alright. There are those that you can drop off the radar, then call up a year or so later and it's as if nothing changed between you. It's like an understanding that life goes, and friendships are about friends, not time and hanging out with each other. I know I have a couple of friends who've dropped off the radar, but they'll turn up, I think. It's like finding a painting, and it's a little more finished than it was before. Which reminds me. One of my friends popped back up on my radar. I need to shoot him an email.
Some friends are constant companions, and when you drift apart geographically, you can still make time to see each other because you have a stronger bond in company.
