Tulelake, CA— The true meaning of friends
Friends help each other and encourage one another and expect nothing in return. True friends accept you, as you are, flaws and all. False friends only are interested in seeing what they can gain from you.
We all have had our share of false friends, as true friends are hard to find. I have had true friends of both sexes. I had one true friend that I went above the call of duty and helped her to die at home because those were her last wishes. It was very hard to lose a friend that way, but I did it, and I am very proud that I did. Now that is an example of true friendship. We would help each other and I did, to help her die and she would have done the same for me if it had been in the reverse.
I have good friends of both sexes and I am proud to call them friend, they stick with me no matter how hard it is or through think and thin and understand my faults as they have faults of their own that I accept about them, as none of us are perfect, and least of all, me.
Right now for me I am only interested in friendships, as relationships can always come later if they are meant to be. But when you cross the line of friendships into a relationship, that is when the friendship gets lost. So it is better for me to just stick to the friendship side of things, that way life is less complicated, rather than add to it.
Friends are those that want to help each other and support each other’s goals in life. Sometimes in the same area of interest, sometimes not, but you are supportive of each other’s endeavors. Some things you have in common and some things you don’t. That is what can make friendships worth wild and interesting, the fact that you have some things in common and other things you don’t. Otherwise, it would boring after a while if you both had interests in everything you do together.
Friends need to have their time away from each other, as much as they need time to spend with each other sharing some of same things in interest, that brings them together in the first place, but it does not mean, they cannot go off in different directions without you, and vise verse.
The most important thing is true friends are there when you need each other, and that is rare to find, but it can be done and I have experienced it many times and have now with the ones I still have, that are in my daily life and those at a distance, and some not too far away.
Written by James Garland of Tulelake News
PO Box 772
Tulelake, CA 96134-0772
Home Phone (530) 667-4744
Cell # (530) 708-7852
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