Friends
I was trying to think of the last time I made a new friend. I was out with a bunch of "old friends" and I mean that in both age and time that we have known each other. We have been thru a lot together. Most of them I have know literally all of my life. I'm talking most of the 60 years that I have been on this planet. We grew up on the same streets most with in 1/2 mile of my house and my oldest friend was right across the street. They have been and will continue to be some of the best people in my life.
But I was thinking ....when was the last time I made a new friend?
I'm not talking about people that you know thru work or meet casually thru others. I'm talking about somebody who knows the personal details of your life. Somebody that you trust. It is hard to do especially as you get older, I think. The friends that you have are people who have earned that trust and thru either circumstance or design are people that you have needed at sometime in your life and they came thru for you when you needed them.
I have made new friends with others since I was a kid and some them have become very good friends. But how did they become my friend ? Do I want more?. Do I need more? If I do how is it done? Do you walk up to somebody and ask ...."Want to be friends?" ...I don't think so.
I guess I don't have any answers now, just questions.
I was trying to think of the last time I made a new friend. I was out with a bunch of "old friends" and I mean that in both age and time that we have known each other. We have been thru a lot together. Most of them I have know literally all of my life. I'm talking most of the 60 years that I have been on this planet. We grew up on the same streets most with in 1/2 mile of my house and my oldest friend was right across the street. They have been and will continue to be some of the best people in my life.
But I was thinking ....when was the last time I made a new friend?
I'm not talking about people that you know thru work or meet casually thru others. I'm talking about somebody who knows the personal details of your life. Somebody that you trust. It is hard to do especially as you get older, I think. The friends that you have are people who have earned that trust and thru either circumstance or design are people that you have needed at sometime in your life and they came thru for you when you needed them.
I have made new friends with others since I was a kid and some them have become very good friends. But how did they become my friend ? Do I want more?. Do I need more? If I do how is it done? Do you walk up to somebody and ask ...."Want to be friends?" ...I don't think so.
I guess I don't have any answers now, just questions.