Friends always seem to come and go through out someone’s life, but it is the true friends that stick around. As Fr. Jerome Cummings said, “A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.” It takes more than just knowing a person’s name and what city they grew up in, to know the real them. The friends that stick around long enough to know who you really, those are the true and best friends to have.It takes a true friend to see past your faults and weird habits because no one is perfect. Finding a true friend shouldn’t be about finding a perfect friend, but a friend that is honest and we are able to laugh with. A true friend is able to look pasts someone’s habits, for instance my clumsiness. I am severely clumsy and it is fun to laugh at the funny and crazy things that happen to me and if a friend is able to laugh with me rather than laugh at me, then I would consider them to be a good friend. If a friend is able to deal with the weird things that you do, like eat mayonnaise with everything you eat or be obsessed over a certain celebrity, then they are good friends because some people may think that certain things that you do are weird and they wouldn’t want to socialize themselves with someone who does things like that. Someone may not want to be friend with someone just because they may snort a little when they laugh or they have a loud sneeze. The sad thing is that some people do pick their friends based on things like this, but they are destined to be forever alone because they are trying to find a perfect flawless friend, that does not even exist.Good friends can be rare to come by because so many people put on masks to hide their real selves, and portray themselves differently, which may seem as if they are mean and fake person. Who in their right mind would want a friend who is fake and mean towards them? I doubt anyone would want that in a friend.As I said before, friends do come and go. The people who stay around long enough to actually get to know the real you, they become great friends. Having someone who knows you and your personality just clicks with theirs is a very interesting thing because true friends can. I would rather have one person know me very well, rather than everyone know a little about me because with everyone knowing just a little about me allows me to not have any true friends; it would be like being surrounded by tons of people, but not having any friends and feeling lonely because no one really knows you.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Friends
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That’s so true. I just wrote my blog about friends as well. Although for some people it might take more than just a name to become somewhat close but I feel there’s always that one friend who you feel the most comfortable with and feel closest to and you might not know much about them. Though I see where you’re coming from when you say “why would people be friends with people who are mean to them” , but you know what they say, “keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.”
ReplyDeleteHaha, same thing I told Kimberly but I also wrote my second post on friends. Yes, best friends are the ones who take the time to get to know their friends. You can't barely know someone and consider them a best friend or say things about their life when you hardly even know them because you would probably turn out wrong. You can always have time for friends, always have time to make them feel better or hear their story about their cat last week. And anyone that takes the time to listen to your stories back is a friend that you would want to keep the rest of your life. Friends are a dime a dozen and you have to look through the rough to find the absolute best ones who do listen and do care.
ReplyDeleteIt is sad the way that modern day friendships work. Many people who use facebook make it a competition to gather as many "friends" as possible. You are right, true friends know you, have been with you through thick and thin, and are unfortunately very hard to come by. Having one really good friend that knows you well is a hard thing to achieve. And it is very important to have good friends who will not lead one down the wrong path. For friends make a great influence upon who we are and become. That is why if we want to make something out of our lives then it is best to have someone who will help us achieve our goal rather than drag us down.
ReplyDeleteIt’s so true about how people pick their “friends” nowadays. Facebook is partly to blame because it took the term “friend” and generalized it to mean random people we barely know or classmates that we pass by in the hall. Real friends know your real personality and love everything about it, both good and bad and if they don’t, you really don’t want that person as a friend anyway. Your post reminds me that real friends are hard to come by and it makes me appreciate my own friends too.
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