Something I heard the other day, “Side by side or miles apart, friends are forever close to your heart.”
Friends will never leave my heart, but my friends are always changing. Hmmm…I have been thinking about this for the past few days. How have my friendships changed and where do I want my friendships to go? Am I staying true to my friends? What is the meaning of a friendship?
Looking back, I came from a small public school district with a graduating class of 250. I began kindergarten and ended my senior year of high school with the same people. Thirteen years getting to know my friends and classmates, but now I hardly know any of them. We were so close and I will never forget them, but at the same time we have moved in separate directions. My high school “best friend” talks to me once a month, but now we struggle to hold a conversation.
Entering college was a challenge, loosing contact with the people I spent most of my life with as a child. Although, I don’t regret coming to college, I only regret not keeping in touch with high school class mates. Is there a reason behind this? Why did I let myself loose those friends?
Well, I may not have an answer but life seems to work this way. I am a junior in college, with a different set of friends and a more mature outlook on life. I may have only spent two years with these friends, but somehow they seem closer than the friends I spend thirteen years with. As I continue to grow with my Messiah friends, I look ahead to graduation. Will I keep these friends as we leave Messiah? Will I continue to make new friends and keep the old friends close to my heart, no matter how far apart?