Day 7: Friendships

Friendships

I take friendships incredibly serious. So many people take for granted what it means to be a friend and what comes with friendship that many have lost sight of what that really means. We develop groups of people who spend time together and are familiar and call them our best friends. We often get so wrapped up in how much fun we have with people and use this as the only deposit to become our "best friends". But what many fail to realize is that friendship costs a lot more than just having fun and being familiar with one another. 

We all have those people that we see often, know things about them, chill with from time to time and call them our "friends" but how many of the people that hold such a prestigious title are really truly what they say they are? One thing I've learned about friendship is that being my friend, my true friend, is not a privilege easily granted. My expectations for myself and the people around me are high. I am a complicated soul who needs more than just a good time from temporary people to be my friend. 

Friends come and go, regardless of how great or how terrible. It's not to say that it's always the fault of either party but life does happen to people! I thought I had life long friends once upon a time. I was convinced that my high school friends were going to be the same friends who I would grow old with. Long story short, I was mistaken. Our paths in life changed and our dreams of forever friendship crumbled. I always remenisce and I use what I learned from past friendships to set the foundation for my future friendships so it's not me speaking down on the past. 

My friendships from my youth taught me a lot more than I could ever say. If it weren't for my past it would be impossible for me to have met the wonderful friends that I have today. While I know that nothing lasts forever, I hope that the women I call my sisters today will be my sisters for the rest of my life. The foundation that we've built is so much stronger than any friendship I could have had growing up. Often times you hear phrases that are along the lines of "couples that keep God first, stay together forever" - well they also apply to friendships. If there's anything I've learned when it comes to friendships is that friends who pray together, truly do stay together. 

I know that my friends have been placed in my life for a reason. I hope that, if I never acquire anymore, that the ones that I have today remain forever.