A SLICE OF MY LIFE

Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born. - Anais Nin

I imagine my life as a pizza sliced into several parts. Each portion contains something significant that can never be taken away from me by anyone. I want to share a piece of it. A cut that completes me as a person.

Aside from having my family, I value my friends even more. They play an important role in my life that’s why a slice of it is for them. In further explanation, everything about me won’t be intact if these special persons never came because in this world full of strangers, it’s very hard to find someone whom you can trust. It’s like answering a multiple choice type of an exam. You need to think not just twice, but several times to be sure in picking up someone right. Ever wondered how I had mine?

Looking back on my younger years, I thought that choosing somebody to call a friend is easy. I perceived having friends just by sharing, playing, laughing, seeing each other often, and so on. Not knowing that there’s more to everything I used to believe in. Now that I’ve grown, I understood the true meaning of friendship. For me, there are five earnest things to consider in developing this kind of relationship: acceptance, time, love, trust, and truthfulness. Without these meaningful things, friendship won’t last and be strong.

I hold on upon this statement: “A friend can’t be a friend if you’re not one”. In simple words, be one! Be a friend, act like a friend. Surely, you’ll win one too. If you’re untrue, no one will be true to you. I just did that. I let people know me. I show them what I can and can’t do. I just want them to see me at my simplest. I want them to see me as who I really am. If I’m mad, I’ll show them. It’s the issue of accepting them and accepting me. If they can’t do the five things listed above, they’re not a friend to me. What are they? Strangers.

I can’t be with my friends 24/7. I have my own life too, as well as theirs. But one thing is for sure, I will forever be available when they need someone to talk to and when they need my company. That’s it! I’ll listen and try to understand their point a hundred percent. I know and I believe that my friends are true to me, and being true to them is the least thing I can do in return. I love them more than they love me and I hope they know that. I may not be verbal but I wish that somehow, they feel my love for them. I can sense that they feel, because they won’t consider me as their friend if not.

Believe it or not, I consider only few friends. I choose acquaintances and set standards. I observe and analyze. With the help of someone in my family, I should select friends that will help me go beyond the right tract. So for those whom I think will pull me down, I’ll be the one to drop them first. If you’ll ask me if it’s easy, well I can say yes. If you want a better life, choose better friends. I want a better and happy life so I choose keeping friends who has the same perspective as mine because “Birds with the same feather flock together”. This saying isn’t only applicable for love relationships. It applies in friendship also.

Before I end this one, I want you to think about this: know your friends and you’ll know yourself.