Of Friends & Friendship

Dear One,

True friends never go away; they arrive when you need them the most. I am basically a social outcast by choice; in a positive sense of course. I like to be in tune with myself and with nature most of the time. In a way you can say, I am my best friend. That doesn't mean I am a self-obsessed freak or a cracked introvert. I just find too much silence to be disturbed by meaningless words.

However, over the years I had managed to earn some fine friends with whom I shared the best moments of my life. Friends who were more than family to me, who stood by me when the world doubted my very existence. Each one of them came with a specific mission. Some came to break old patterns and many came to form mighty good ones. But all of them had a common purpose - to make me better person.

Acquaintances I have many; friends a very few. A friend is someone who leaves a part of his soul etched on yours, making you a worthy or an unworthy reflection of himself. So you have to choose your friends wisely. I bet you don't want to end up being like a disfigured reflection of someone.

To have a worthy friend you should first aspire to be one. Everybody, irrespective of their age, needs a hand to hold and a heart to understand. That's a job of a friend. Look at nature and it shall reveal the secret of friendship. The bee is the flower's best friend and together they team up to produce the sweetest honey. Friendships are forged instinctively without a forethought or an afterthought. It's not a compromise. It is an opportunity to write an ode to life itself.

One such lost friend I found today. From the pages of bygone times, walked my old buddy into the present. What an exhilarating feeling it is to know that your friend still sounds the same (although with oodles of extra baggage and a newly wedded wife to top it off). I am glad we picked up the scattered pages of memory and avowed happily to re-stitch it for old times sake. Good times are back again and this time it's here to stay.

Well, it's true that diamonds are timeless and lasts forever; yet I wonder, why they don't have any lifelong friends. Because the fact is, they only have proud replaceable owners; friendship doesn't.

Welcome back my friend!