Who is a friend? A Friend is the first person with whom you want to share any news you hear. A friend will accompany you on the most boring of errands and make them seem fun. In other words, friendship is wonderful, and much ink has been spilled in citing the virtues of having friends. That's not to say friendship is easy though. It demands time and effort, and sometimes it requires that you put your friends’ problems before your own. But in return, a friend will provide an immense amount of support and comfort during good and bad times. Many qualities are necessary for being a good friend, including honesty, trustworthiness, loyalty and unconditional acceptance. It can be hard to meet people who would make a perfect friend.
Our journey as friends started in high school. Initially the three of us were not the best of friends but gradually developed a liking for each other. During school days, friendship for us was all about passing paper slips with messages written during classes, hanging out after school hours reluctant to go home and again start chatting on landline phone (of those days) as soon we reached home :), joint studies, cycling together from school, enjoying school picnics, attending each other’s birthday parties and practicing dance for competitions. Although we were a big group in school, not all of us stayed in touch and some of them drifted away over a period of time.
After High school each of us moved on to different streams and colleges but we still made a point to catch up with each other once in a while, sometimes going back to our old classrooms in our school or meeting at our old rendezvous points. But things changed when we had to leave for University education and eventually for job, and we could hardly meet. But thanks to mobile phones we stayed in touch now and then.
Finally there came a time when we girls made the best memories of our lives right before we got married. We got to live for a while in the same city and had the best night outs, pizza making parties, best birthday celebrations, which still make us nostalgic. We grew closer more than ever and saw a whole new side of each other which holds us together till today.
For a girl becoming a friend is easier than maintaining that friendship, as after marriage her whole world changes. Her priorities shift towards her family and when she becomes a mother her contact list on phone is almost half of what she had in college. In our case too, marriage brought us to different parts of the world. For a while we were busy settling in a new country and getting used to our domestic duties. But we reconnected again and started off from where we left. We hope that we gals meet soon .. to create some wonderful memories again.
No matter how old she grows... a girl is always dependent on her friends for many things like getting opinions while shopping, sharing recipes, parenting advice etc., Some of our best friendship are from school days.That's where it all began for us. But it is not necessary that only school mates or people with same interest have to be friends. Friendship is the basis for any relationship. It can be between siblings or a husband and a wife or parent and child...age or interest is never a barrier in making friends, it can happen in minutes and last for a lifetime. All that matters is we feel comfortable around that person and can share our thoughts with them without worrying about them judging us.
A beautiful definition of a friend was quoted by one of our favourite personalities and Former President of India, Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam who passed away last week .
“One best book is equal to hundred good friends but one good friend is equal to a library.”
So what are you waiting for. Go grab your phones, write a mail or find your friends on Facebook and get in touch with them and wish them.
Happy friendship day!
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