friendship

C.S Lewis got it right: friendship is born when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one!"

Hurt, but Not Broken
I honestly don't really know how to start this one. We all have that person in our lives that you trust more than anything that you never even question the possibility of them not being there. You always work things out, no matter what your differences and circumstances they'd still stand with you well, I had a person like that, my childhood friend for the past fourteen years. I'd be lying if I said I didn't see this happening even with my many years of breaking down at the mere thought of her leaving I knew she would someday. Even when we first met, she was a free spirit, a bird always ready to fly, flies with current, and never looks back. She was my version of a perfect person and that was where I made my first of many mistakes.
By Billie-Jules5 years ago in Humans
Everything wrong with your friends
Now, there are probably a lot of things wrong with your friends. Maybe they send you memes on Instagram from private accounts that you don’t follow or maybe they insist on having ketchup with every meal. Friends come in all shapes and sizes and although we strive to be effective allies to our nearest and dearest we often get it wrong. I don’t know if you know this but humans aren’t always rational. We do dumb things, we make uninformed decisions and generally just get things wrong. Which is okay for the most part. However in regards to the people we call our friends we expect certain qualities.
By Byran Ferrol5 years ago in Humans
If your friend seems wiser than you ... she probably is
I’ve been very lucky with my friends over the decades. I mean every decade and I mean girlfriends. In primary school there was Helen, she had just the same sort of “weird” that I had. We fidgeted awkwardly on our chairs at school much to the teachers annoyance, hated maths ...we rode our space hoppers everywhere, and made families of animals and insects out of felt, we were inseparable. I was heartbroken when she moved away. I met her a few years later, she hadn’t changed... but I had. I was so grateful for her at the time, but it seemed that we had grown up at different rates. Suzanne and I had a rocky start to our friendship.. but again we just clicked, bringing out the crazy in each other, doing what we weren’t supposed to...playing truant, smoking and drinking spirits till we threw up, to name a few things... Due to the “magic” of Facebook I am “connected” to her still. We do live on opposite sides of the globe at this point ...Do I know anything about her life now.. ? no, not really. Friendship and Facebook, hmm,is it controversial to say Facebook doesn’t really enhance real life? The friend from school I will still message occasionally after knowing her for 45 years ...was another who just happened along with what I needed at the time. Her positivity was infectious and countered my then very pessimistic nature. We had a lot of fun... we danced and double dated. Life was more colourful and exciting with her. She is the one that is with me all this time, but again not in person. On the other side of the world, yet again. But at least she is still in this world ... my closest so loved friend... isn’t any longer. Anna was the kindest person and had access to such wisdom for a teenager ...she loved people and always saw the best in them. She just about saved my life really.. many times..Some people didn’t always treat her in the way she deserved, but that was very rare... until she ran into a workplace bully. By that time we were both married... and were not so close any more ...but she had become close with another girl from our school in the same line of work as her, so they supported each other. She always did make time for me still. I often wonder if there was a connection to the considerable stress that was caused to her by her cruel bully to her shock cancer diagnosis. Anna died aged 29.
By Gillian Lesley Scott5 years ago in Humans
Rumours of the rink
This pair were barely talking. As much as they kept up their facade that they were perfect they weren’t. One half was a girl who genuinely just wanted to be kind while she was pursuing her passion. And she was, she knew she didn’t need to mentally torment her competition. She knew her skill set and she knew how talented she was. She is so close to being done with her partner. Honestly if she met Connor today she never would have started training with him. Connor was nice like her once, he still can be. But if anyone threatened his chance at gold he would tear them down. He was a mean one. Almost everyday this week they were being lectured by dustie.
By Jaeden coltess5 years ago in Humans
FRIENDSHIP
Friendship is a choice. I am not talking about being friends with someone because you are looking to get something out of them, whether it is a financial gain or any other kind of favour. I am talking about genuine friendship, the kind that requires nothing, the pure kind.
By Freeman Binagana5 years ago in Humans
Rumours of the rink
They were taking a break while Lillian pulled Will outside. Talking to him about god knows what. Actually Asra knew what, Lillian just hadn’t told them yet so they weren’t going to pry. This was their first actual private ice time. The coaches wanted to save some money so they figured pushing the three together would be a good idea. However they had been training hard for a few hours so Asra was setting up their phone.
By Jaeden coltess5 years ago in Humans
Rumours of the ink
They tried to suppress their laugh. They weren’t used to this, surely they’d have to get used to it eventually. James was doing his best to try and teach them, it was hard. He wanted to smile and laugh because their laugh was cute.
By Jaeden coltess5 years ago in Humans
The name's Morgan Long
In elementary school, a friend told me about a secret website called Youtube. Back then NigaHiga, Fred, and that “oh my god, shoes” video were the biggest things on the internet. For a while, I believed her and thought only a few people in-the-know knew about the website but obviously that wasn’t the case. Nevertheless, I was totally absorbed by Youtube.
By Jazmine James5 years ago in Humans
My best or worst day
Well here it goes. Being of sound mind and body I leave it up to you to decide if I had a guardian angle on my side or just lucky.As a young man and a novice at everything I vetured out into the world of wine, women and song.
By Mark Wright5 years ago in Humans
I love ME and YOU♥️
Hello! My name Heidi. I am a 26 years young wise woman from the Chicago northwest suburbs. A little over a month ago, I met another woman who turned out to be so dear to me she could have been twin. This woman has the most kind and beautiful soul, but she lost herself along her journey of life. She was struggling with the loss of a close loved one, struggling with drug abuse, and struggling with poor self love and care: This woman hated herself and everything around her. Not only did she, herself, look sad and felt physically and mentally horrible, but everyone she cared for was falling apart and depressed as well. For about a month and a half, that woman and I were the BEST OF FRIENDS. I showed her how to love herself more than anything else in the world. I showed her how easy life is if we just remember the little things that we already knew. In example, loving each other, thankful for each other, thankful for our health, and learning that time is our greatest wealth. We colored, we sang, we danced, we listened to Disney music, and watched children movies to remind ourselves that it’s really simple to never forget the bare necessities. Quickly her life drastically changed and did a complete 360. She put down the substance abuse, she put down the alcohol, we told others to put the guns down, she even put the cigarettes out and then she told the people around her how great life really is. She started loosing weight, cooking, cleaning, and loving herself more and more. Then she was able to share the love and the knowledge with everyone and everything around her. We continued to practice more on how to share the love we relearned with others, especially through the love of music. One weekend we went camping and she had no idea how to really really camp. We went with some of my family and some of her family and enjoyed the wilderness by the lake and in the woods. We all shared so many laughs and sang around the fire the whole weekend. On the last day, she built the biggest strongest fire she thought was impossible to build. Not only did she build the fire, she kept the flame going until the second we left the camp site. We learned together, that we will never stop learning, because the world is always teaching. Today her and I are still and will forever be the best of friends. The love and bond we have for each other will never break. We spread our love to our loved ones to remind our friends and family that we are all in this together. We sing, dance, and laugh with each other everyday just as if we were still kids. As of today, she has her own successful business, she is opening up her own clothing line, she just got casted to be a television star, and is thankful for the hand she was dealt. She is completely healthy and she is sober and clean from everything. This beautiful woman doesn’t have a worry in the world and she loves herself more then she ever has. Please, never forget who you are and where you come from. When we were born into this world, we were loved. And when we leave this world all we leave with is the love we shared with others. Love is all we really got to give and receive. We are one big happy family and I Love You. Again, my name is Heidi and this is a story about you and I!
By Heidi5 years ago in Humans
A Hidden Winter Feast
Under a clear winter night sky dotted with thousands of stars we drive our snowmobiles up into the mountains. The snow that covers the mountains reflects the light from the sky making their silhouettes easy to see. The fresh snow on the track is lit up by our headlights while cold air hits our faces through our helmets as we drive along until we reach a large, beautiful one room cabin on a peaceful lake. The stars in the sky can clearly be seen in the perfect reflection of the water on the lake and the cabin looks so warm and inviting with the an orange glow escaping from the windows. At the front of the cabin there is a fire roaring in the middle of a seating area which is surrounded by hundreds of tiny LED fairy lights suspended from the trees.
By LNT Wanders5 years ago in Humans
Broken Friendships
It is okay to forgive and not be their friend anymore. That is what my counselor told me at my last counseling session. I have struggled for a very long time with not knowing the difference between forgiveness and mending. Healing and letting go and moving on without still feeling obligated. It is a weird place to be in. It is a limbo effect, kind of. If you have ever had that bond with someone that just sort of fit, just like the perfect shoe, and you do everything to save it... you use glue, duct tape, and it still manages to come apart every time for reasons beyond your control, then you know what I am talking about.
By Nia Wheat5 years ago in Humans