[Calliope]: 216.Musings.Friends

Friends

  What is the real definition of Friend? Is it somebody you can trust or the person who laughs in your face bout anything serious you might say? Are they somebody who at least tries to understand some of your problems or do they blow you off for something regarding them instead although it could be worse, they might not even bother to listen to you in the first place.
  You have to cut people some slack though, after all, nobody is perfect. Sometimes your friend might daydream or have some problem weighing them down and preventing their concentration. Either way, it’s not a sin to disregard someone now and then. It’s when it happens continually that the real question of what a friend is surfaces.
  Do your friends talk about you and your personality? Do they complain about your actions? Do they try to make you do things they know perfectly well you won’t do? If at least two of these things are true then you should most likely begin contemplating whether or not your friend fits your definition of the position he / she is holding. As they say a friend (acquaintance) will bail you out of jail while a good friend will be in with you laughing about what happened.

© Angie O'Connor