| Recently I read an article that my good friend Dana wrote about friendships. For some reason I went off and did somewhat of a similar thing. Here it be... About three weeks ago (it's been longer than that - I just didn't get to post this article then - Dana) I broke up with my girlfriend. I left on good terms and such, which is a good thing, and also a very hard thing. It's just now getting to the point where I am not blinded by that anymore, which brings me to this; I am possibly leaving to go to a very far place and hopefully that will work out. I spend alot more time with my friends now because of breaking up with her and now that this new thing has come up I started thinking - MAN! I should not take for granted anything right now! Now this brings me to the article. Things are changing and we should definately not take advantage of our friends, especially good ones. Although, I think that the 4 or 5 CLOSE friends I do have will always be there NO MATTER WHAT, I still do not want to take for granted the time I spend with them. (Be it a girlfriend or whatever). Take one certain person for instance. I have known him since I was 5. We weren't always best friends but his mom and dad took care of me for various reasons. Whatever the reason they took care of me. Since I was about 13 or 14 we started to become really close. Ever since then we somehow become closer the older we get. Near or far we are friends. Always will be. His parents ARE my parents. I see no difference. I have maybe one or two other persons that I can say that about and they are as close as brothers to me. So, when I look around and I see some "crews", I wonder how it is? "Thicker than Water" and "I got your back boy" aren't just hardcore songs for the sake of hardcore songs, to me. At least that's what I hope. What I am trying to say is look around and please don't do something because "everyone is doing it" or it sounds cool. Do what makes you happy. Keep those one or two close "brothers or sisters" on your side. Hell, if they're close they're there. You don't have to ask. Never give up on them and NEVER back down for/from them because those two or three can see a whole lot more then 20 or 30. All in all, a good friend is someone you love. It won't ever go away and no matter how many times you might blow it off, it's there. So yup, Dana is right. Don't take them for granted. |
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