TIME

Looking back in time I realize that some of those whom we considered to be true friends evaporated. Strange that “time” is always to blame. It’s like it’s the enemy. If it’s not that you wish for the day, week, year to be over and done with, it’s not having enough time to do whatever.
We blame time for friendships lost, time for not completing something that we started or for not starting it at all – and so we feel a failure.
However, we have a choice to look at the flipside of the coin:- Isn’t it wonderful to have had the time to spend with those people whom, even though the friendship was brief, made memories remain eternal? (But) Still we blame and find fault; point fingers at those we once considered to be friends, as they are now lost.
We make or try to make new friends as often as we possibly can, but fail to realize that we can’t “just add water”. Friends are instant, where friendship needs time.
I’ve been best friends with a girl from school since 1989; we hardly ever speak. The friendship breathes freely and still we remain friends – Not expecting anything and not expecting anything in return… and so the friendship remains – not going somewhere; not going anywhere – not growing. Strange…
Then there’s the topic of “family” – supposed to be closer than friends and relationships stronger than friendship (after all, blood is thicker than water). Mostly we fail to build strong relations with relatives, so what makes us think that friendship would be so strong?
We run away from anything that might seem an attachment of some kind- family; friends… and so find ourselves around shallowness or in the company of “man’s best friend”! Happily living a cocooned life until “time” can hurt us no more – until the distant memories of the past have lost meaning and we fool ourselves into believing that we live(d) a happy life. – Sad -