Value of A True Friend

As humans we are wired to be social. We want to be around other people. We call these people our friends. A lot of us, myself included, don’t always take the time to appreciate our friends; making sure to value the people who rule and discard the people who suck.

Friends, in my eyes, are one of the most important things you can have in life. I don’t just merely want friends, I need them. I need that constant companionship; those often thought provoking moments late on a Saturday night. Those “listening to music so loud in a car that my ear drums could burst” moments – but I don’t care because I am too happy – those are the great parts of life.

I’ve found that when it comes to friendships, I often befriend people who are similar to me yet still manage to make up for what I lack. I need those types of relationships to add balance to my lives, especially when it gets difficult.

Good friends allow you to make mistakes and love you anyway. However, they aren’t afraid to say you’re being an idiot. They aren’t afraid of hurting each others feelings because good intentions are always obvious. Friends are also my biggest encouragers. They recognize my desire and need to grow and they do so with me. Through growth and change we grow separately so that we can continue to grow together. Friends are there to laugh and cry with you. Isn’t that a wonderful thing? I think so.

We often get so caught up in the trials and tribulations of life that we forget how short it really is. Fill your life with people who add value to it and let go of the ones who do not. When I was nineteen my group of friends lost a great person that we loved. Our lives would never be the same, but in the wake of a tragedy there is always good. We learned to appreciate each other every day. Every, single day.

Life is short – I will never forget that again. I wish I had spent the first nineteen years of my life knowing how valuable friendship is and remembering to tell my friends how much I appreciate them, but I will live the rest of my years knowing and remembering.

I encourage everyone to do the same, because hearing a friend tell you they will always be there for you when you fall is better than hearing it from the cold, hard floor.

i should have said 'Alhamdulillah'

life is great. i mean waking up in the morning and doing things.

that's awesome.

we're lucky to exist, you know?

I have a chance to be alive and experience things--which is probably the most under appreciated thing in the whole world (right in front of breakfast for dinner). life is beautiful and it's a shame that it often takes near death experiences or improved circumstances for people to realize it.

i love life, even when i don't have one.

i love it unconditionally and if it were a person, i'd hug it everyday.

not the one arm, side-to-side deal either.. i'am talking two arm embraces, with life's face smothered in my chest so it leaves makeup stains on my shirt.

i want to make good impressions, have the correct answers, make the best decisions, say the right things--be good at life. i know a person or two who seem as if they've got it all figured out. living and handle everything with grace and charisma. YES, i know nobody is perfect do some people just act better than others? maybe that's the best method, to pretend and fake it-- until I make it.

maybe it's been too long. maybe i have crossed the border between 'giving honor to what i had' into 'being pathetically stuck in the past'. i'am sorry if you think that i should be doing other things, enjoying my youth, counting my blessing, and seeing other people. i don't need to hear any motivational quotes about all of the wonderful things i still have to look forward to in life, or that i ended for a reason.

i am currently walking through a tunnel whose end i cannot see,

whose walls feel as cold as they are strangely comforting.

at least in my sadness,

i know what can be expected.

Kucari kamu dalam setiap malam
Dalam bayang masa suram
Kucari kamu dalam setiap langkah
Dalam ragu yang membisu
Kucari kamu dalam setiap ruang
Seperti aku yang menunggu kabar dari angin malam

Aku cari kamu
Disetiap malam yang panjang
Aku cari kamu
Kutemui kau tiada
Aku cari kamu
Di setiap bayang kau tersenyum
Aku cari kamu
Kutemui kau berubah
Kucari kamu dalam setiap jejak
Seperti aku yang menunggu kabar dari matahari

 ♫ kucari kamu-- Payung Teduh☀♥

we

We've got a lot of memories, 
But there isn't much time.
I'm sitting here thinking of, 
the day we say goodbye.

Our friendship is so strong.
It seems like nothing could go wrong.
We know even when you're gone;
we got the strength to carry on?

Because, we are the best there is yet and,
We are what not a lot of people get and,
We are the thing that people want because, 
We're there for a shoulder to cry on.
No one can make us change our minds,
because we'll be best friends for all time.

It seems there are so many people 
who have a different friend everyday,
we thank God for each other
cause not lots of friends stay this way.

We've had our up and downs.
We've circled round and round.
But then we finally found
a friendship so bound with trust!

Because, we are the best there is yet and,
We are what not a lot of people get and,
We are the thing that people want because, 
We're there for a shoulder to cry on.
No one can make us change our minds,
because we'll be best friends for all time.

We laugh at things no one seems
to think is quite that funny.
We make weird faces sometimes.
We say things people would hide.
We'll be best friends till we die.
When you leave we're going to cry;
but sometimes life is unkind,
least we'll be friends for all time.