Throughout our lives friends have come and gone, some have hurt us or have made us laugh, but no matter what our lives have been enriched and blessed for having had the experience of these friendships. Those friends that are still in my life today know me better than my family -- what a true blessing it is.
They are the ones I will have to pay off if I'm ever famous because they have the goods that would make the Equirer or Inside Edition drool over.
Cheers to friendship and the goods that have on ya!
Kim,
ReplyDeleteIt's a touching blog. But I do notice one thing... as you grow older, it seems harder to make close friends as people have already established their own circle of friends.
But you're absolutely right in the sense that friends who do stick along maybe closer than family and they are priceless!
Keren
It does seem harder to make friends as you get older and can be for any number of reasons. For one, not getting out as much as we used to whether that be because of our day to day jobs, sticking with the comfortable circle of friends we already have, not as willing to try new things...many times because of past experiences that lead us to believe it/they are of no interest to us without a second thought that our current opinion may be totally wrong, we're just stuck in our old ways that have built up over the years. The list goes on.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes, friends definitely know more about me than my family. I've spent more time with my friends over the years, much more than my family. So, it goes without saying they'll learn more about me and see me do things and go places no one in my family will ever know or hear about. In some cases, that's a good thing.
That's just the way it is these days, at least in the U.S. I love both, my family and friends could and couldn't get through life without either. They're both precious.
Yes, it sure is harder to make new friends as we grow older, though I keep trying because I want to be sure to allow new people into my heart and life. But I think one reason why it's harder is because our experiences have taught us what kinds of friendships we really want and need in our lives. Those experiences have also taught us what kinds of things we don't want in our lives.
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