Do you ever sit and think about the people in your life and what they mean to you...or you to them?
I consider myself a pretty good friend(
or at least ive heard my friends say lol but you must ask them)...i'm not the best at keeping in touch i must admit, but if you're my friend you're my friend u're in my thoughts, my prayers and when we're together our friendship remains the same. Growing up my father always reminded me of the same thing...not all the people in your life are your friends...some are just acquantances y punto. Well i always took his words to heart and through the years those words have made more and more sense. Yet as good as i am about "deciphering" people and what their true intentions are when they come into my life...sometimes my "fa-dar" (fake people radar) fails>>> me.
I have learned that you gain friends in every phase of your life: hs, college, work, other work, etc. Some of those people remain in your life and come in and out and tha's cool, others completely disappear. To me those that remain and come back randomly, when you least expect them, when you need them most, or just bc simply on that day of that year they missed you...those to me are true friends. You ever pick up the phone with a friend that you havent spoken to in months or years and it feels like you picked up right where you left off? i LOVE that feeling. Those are the people that truly have your interest at heart or just keep you in their minds in the back of their head with those other random friends, and forgetful things like learn to play guitar or go bungee jumping. we keep getting recycled through their mind, but they never dump us, bc there is a point when they will reach out for us. lol not to make it sound like friends are pieces of reclycled goods..but you know what i mean...never forgotten especially when those life changing events come around new job, laid off, fall in love, marriage, kids, stripclubs etc.
i must say that i have been blessed with great friends some from hs that went on to college and we build a closer tie and extended our network with other beautiful, amazing people, then post college at work and through the grapevine etc. Some of these friends hav been alot of work to maintain, with others it was love at first sight, and with others hate at first sight. but through it all these people have been an important part of my life whenever i'm sad, i'm mad, i'm thinking too much or cant' sleep, or need a laugh, need to get wasted, or share a love of shoes..or a love of food yum! the list is endless. i have a roomate for life, an eternal insomniac, a belle who sees beauty in our ugly days, a bff who thinks i smell good even when i dont shower, a partner in crime, a party crew, and so on and so forth..<<<
but then there are those people that enter your life to bring negativity and those that look down on you as if you're not worth a thought in their brain. Those that dont include you in their LIFE completely...are no friends at all, they're just people, "conocidos". Now, i do believe that some people come into your life for a reason...and that reason is to bring other people that will be true Friends. And if you have true friends its ok to have "people" or acquaintances, so long as you give them their place and dont for one second think you're more than just an acquantance to them too. So thank you "people" for stopping by on your temporary train and dropping off the passengers that truly matter. In the end, it sure feels F'n Great to know that you really dont need to be a number in someone's life when you can be a tru part of your Friends' WORLD and LIFE. i now have a greater appreciation for those that really matter...not those at some point i thought mattered. this is the end of my rambling sesison for today lol. gnite all...stay warm.
