This past few months have been quite interesting. I have become quite a fan of the online networking site, FaceBook. It seems every day or so I find or am found by someone out of the past, people I never thought I would hear from again. People that I had completely lost contact with and had no idea where they were or what they were doing.
Most of the time, friends just fade away. Life goes on and we get interested in different things. Sometimes though a wrong is committed, and friendships are severed. Those are the most joyful to renew. Those are the ones that not only renew the friendship but the faith that there were strong bonds in the first place and maybe that’s what made the hurtful act all that much hurtful.
Sometimes the measure of friendship isn’t your ability to not harm but your capacity to forgive the things done to you and ask forgiveness for your own mistakes.
Randy K. Milholland Something Positive Comic, 11-07-05
One of the greatest feelings in one’s life is to find that the person that you wronged has forgiven you, of course it is then your duty to work to forgive yourself, so as not to taint this new chapter of your friendship.
I guess one of the things that I’ve learned in the past few months is that I am blessed. I have met countless people in my life and so many of them, even in our absences from each other, are still friends. What more can you ask for from life but to have people remember you fondly and hope to find you again?
Can you imagine us
Years from today,
Sharing a park bench quietly?
Simon and Garfunkel Old Friends
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1 Yelowflower Mo // Apr 24, 2009 at 7:31 am
that is really quite a post. I love it. Old friends are so important in our lives and we do tend to just move on. That is sad, but it is a joyous day when we get the chance to re-connect!
2 Kevin Pennell // Apr 24, 2009 at 7:56 am
Trav… We met was it 14 or 15 years ago now. We saw each other and shared our spirits often for close to a couple years and then I moved away. The meetings became sparse as time went on, but we still “connected” from time to time. It’s pleasant to maintain friendships. There are three kinds of relationships when it comes to the concept of friends. You have “acquaintances”. These are the ones you know through work, school, or profession, these can grow into a more meaningful relationship. Then you have friends. These are the ones who call you friend when it’s convenient and usually there’s a give and take involved, I’ll help, but what’s in it for me? Then there are “good friends” these are the ones that are always there even if it’s 3 o’clock in the morning and you need someone to listen. They “expect” nothing in return. They are the ones that stand by you when others leave you behind. They also share what you may not want to hear, but they still share. You may be upset by what they say, but they care enough about you as a human being and a “good friend” to share their thoughts. We may potentially have thousands of acquaintances during our lives, hundreds of friends, but in comparison, only a few “good friends”. Be thank full for your good friends, nurture, care, and love them freely expecting nothing in return, for they are the real gems of life. Trav… you are a “Good Friend”.
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