an old friendship revived

posted Friday, Mar 10 8:38 am

Met an old friend I haven't seen in quite some time. Before I met her, I thought I'd lost her through time and distance. But our meeting proved me wrong. It's been some time since we shared a quiet and intimate moment like that, just filling each other in on the happenings in our lives. It made me happy that despite all skepticism on my part that our strong friendship was still alive, the bond we had established in the past still stand strong. Once we met and talked, really conversed - all that I once thought was gone, just returned in floods of happiness and relief.

It's true that we've both changed. We've grown and progressed in our separate directions. We are different people than we used to be. But eleven years of friendship has not been futile. While many things have changed, the friendship has metamorphasised into something more comfortable. Something that has its basis strongly on shared memories. The memories of the comfort and openness we once shared. The unspoken trust between us.

Finally I'm truly happy for her. For I now completely comprehend the reasons behind her decisions. And this is what I should have felt long ago. The way one's good friend should feel for one's happiness. This is real empathy.

My dad once repeated something we all know: that a few good friends in this lifetime are rare treasures. I'm somewhat of a realist. I believe that friendships change, and are sometimes lost. But there needs to be an effort to try preserve ones you know you'd like to keep by your side for as long as fate permits. And the time is now. For you'll never know when you'll lose the chance to do so.