What is friendship?
What, exactly, is a friend?
Dictionary.com defines friend in the following ways:
-a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
-a person who gives assistance; patron; supporter.
-a person who is on good terms with another; a person who is not hostile:
-a member of the same nation, party, etc.
Cerebral definitions. How does a friend show himself to be true?A friend is one who calls you at midnight, unable to sleep, wanting to talk about the mysteries of life.
A friend is one who flies across the country or across the world to be there for your wedding because they know you don't need them there, but they want to be there.
A friend is one whom, no matter how long it has been since you have spoken, speaks freely with you, enjoying the moments you do have together.
A friend is one who forgives, despite pain, and moves on, grateful for what you have now, strengthened by the strains that now lie behind you both.
Losing people has always been difficult for me. Whether the reason is distance, differences, hurts- it matters not. I still believe that somehow, friendships were meant to be forever. God created a man and woman in the beginning who did not have to die. They sinned, and now mankind does die, but we go on to eternity after death. Why, then, do we separate?
Humans fall, fail, and inflict greater pain in others than we ever intend. Even so, can we remain? Can we maintain lifelong relationships?
Idealistic, yes. Impossible? That remains to be seen.
