Friendships

Friendship as Merriam-Webster defines it as: 1: the state of being friends; 2: the quality or state of being friendly.

After 21 years of friendships, bad ones, good ones, long ones, short ones, ones with girls, ones with guys, ones with heterosexual,s ones with homosexuals, ones with everyone of every race, different religions, socioeconomic backgrounds etc. I have come to figure out which ones are worth fighting for and which ones are not.

I am tired of people thinking that I am expendable, that I will always be here waiting for them that I don't need the attention and respect one would get for being a good friend. But to that I say, "BULL SHIT!"

I deserve to be treated with respect and dignity. I deserve to be seen as a valued friend. And why not? I am always there for my friends in dire crisis. I am always there for the big events that they have worked hard to put together or had some time and energy invested in. I am always trying to find things to with my friends, things we have never done before and things we have wanted to do.

Yet I feel that real friends come along only once in a 100 encounters. I have come to value the friendships that I see as worth while. I take in the little gestures of good faith and good will. Because friends aren't those who buy your friendship, or come to visit you when their others friends are not there but the ones that see you for who you are and value and admire what you can offer them:

Loyalty, Respect, Communication, Love and Friendship