June 19, 2009 @ 00:45

because around us, there are many friends, and many different type of friends.

some friends you play with, joke with, have alot of fun with. but they may not be the ones who will ask you if you are ok, may even be the ones who only come to you for fun and laughter, and walk away when you need a shoulder or a ear.

some friends. all you know is their face and names. and maybe class, cca? you say hi, you know each other as fellow cedarians. but that's all.

some friends, they are those you seem close to. but they may not last. you think you are close, but one day when you look back and ask yourself, what do I know about her? you may never be able to answer. because the surface is all you know.

then you have the ever present senior junior relationship. and ever since I entered the OAL board, the more whisphers in the wind about leader instructor ones. these wont last either. when the senior leaves, things may or may not remain the same. for ou-ers better still, it doesnt last. because these bonds are fragile. because these bonds are forged on the basis of something, and when that something doesnt exist, the bonds dont either.

but then,

there are those, friends who really matter, to you, to your heart. people whom you know will always be there for you, who when they ask: are you ok, geuniely mean it, and truly mean for you to be ok. if you arent, they are the people who will stand by your side, and pull, drag, scold, nag, mother your way through. they are the ones who even when everything is silent, doesnt have a hint of awkwardness. and you are able to read more than what other do. in tone, in the expression, even in movement. when you care, about what the other person feels, and thinks. those are true friends.

and what kind of friend, are you?