The Meaning of Friends
Throughout
our lives we meet many people that we will always remember. No time, distance, or another person will change the impact my friends have and will have on my life...
Going
through my room during the process of my parent’s divorce, and my father’s
moving to another city, I have come across some things that remind me of the
person I used to be. Sometimes, there are notes, sometimes there are pictures,
or AIM chats I had kept, and sometimes there were projects I made. This one project
in particular caught my interest. I wrote this one “poem” when I was a junior
in high school… We were asked to make a scrapbook of monumental moments in our
lives, discussing things that were important to us. One page was to have the
pictures, and the other side was to have our thoughts on the topic and pictures
on that page. This was what I had written on my “Friends” page, about all the
things I had learned from birth- 17 years of age about all the people I have come to know in my brief life...
Friendship.
A true friendship lasts forever.
True friends learn to look past words that were said in jealousy, and in anger. While,
a false friend uses the mistakes of your past against you.
A
true friend understands that sometimes you do things without thinking, and a false friend
points their finger at your impulses.
A
true friend understands that you are weird and full of excuses, but wouldn’t
have you any other way. A false friend tries to change you into someone you’re
not, insulting you when you don’t conform to their “ways”.
True friends are the kind of people that can finish your sentences, and a false friend always is on the defense with a snide remark to everything you say.
True
friends are there when you need a shoulder to lean on when you are too weak to
stand on your own. False
friends are the ones that enjoy the moments when you are down, and are often
the ones that cause them.True friends have a secret joke that they know will always bring a smile to each other's faces. False friends are nice to your face, but are the first to insult you behind your back (and at times literally behind your back)
True friends will drive two hours at one in the morning just so they can talk to you when you need a hug and just someone to talk to. False friends tell you they don’t have time for your problems, and are more focused on how you can help them with THEIR issues.
True friends tell you when you are wrong, and expect you to be different. False friends tell everyone else when you’re wrong, laugh about it, and never even tell you.
Real
friends aren’t afraid to say they are sorry, or admit when they are wrong.
False friends are the ones that do everything, but blame someone else.Genuine friends give you their honest opinion even when they know it might hurt a little. Fake friends tell you whatever benefits them more.
Real friends know how weird you are, and still claim you. False friends invite you out just to make fun of you later when you’re gone.
True Friends comfort when you are fighting with your parents, and take you out when your boyfriend leaves you for someone else. A false friend is the girl that your boyfriend leaves you for.
True friendships never fade away, no matter how long it’s been since you’ve seen each other. False friends are there when they need someone from you, and not on a daily basis.
Real
friends are everlasting and are with you everywhere you go. Fake friends are only there when they need someone to put down to make
themselves feel better about themselves.True friendships aren’t just the “I’m there when you WANT me to be.....” They are the kind of friendship that is like “I’m there whenever you NEED me to be.”
True friendships are for a lifetime, and are worth everything. False friendships are worth nothing.
True friendships are worth keeping. False friendships are worth LOSING.
Always be the kind of friend that you’d want to have.
