http://www.relevantmagazine.com/life/relationships/5-types-friends-everyone-should-have
As our senior year draws to an end some of us are left wondering if we will still be friends with the people we have grown up with, after everyone goes off and does their own thing. Certainly some people will keep in touch and other will drift because a lot of friendship is about individual needs, and those are constantly changing. Most people though do have a couple people that they will be friends with for life, whether they have met them yet or not. I searched Google a came across two articles about “The Friends Everyone needs”. As I read these articles I found myself thinking of one of my friends for every title. Personally some of my dearest friends are people that I can go for long periods of time without seeing but it never feels awkward when we are reunited. I think with those types of friends you are just bounded together by your similarities and the things you have experienced together. Friendships are as unique as the pair of people in them though, and every friendship will have its own goods and bads.
I decided to write about friendship as something that inspires me because I think we often take for granted how important community or socialization is to us. I heard that our generation is considered the most “lonely” because of our reduced need to actual socializations (We often use technology instead). When I heard this I thought, shouldn’t it be the opposite though, because we can constantly talk to people 24/7? Researcher’s show however that we feel more connected to other people when we talk to them in person or at least hear their voice. They are saying that loneliness can even be linked to depression and make you more prone to illness!
Humans like to belong to a community; it’s just how we are. For me personally I know that when I go out and talk with a friend it makes me feel more involved and happy than if I were to text them. Plan a dinner party with all your friends; go make your own little community, after all, everyone could use a friend.
I know how you feel. It's hard, thinking about leaving so many people behind. I'm lucky in that my two best friends just happen to be going to the same university as me next year, but there's always that thought, "Will I be able to keep in touch with those I don't see every day?".
ReplyDeleteI totally get what you say about reuniting with friends as if nothing has happened. My best friend was in Europe for four months this winter, and now she's leaving for the Philipines for another month, but whenever we get together it's like we were never apart. I know we're going to be friends forever (we're planning to live next door to eachother:P). But still, I worry about my friends who are going to school far away. Will we stay close? Only time will tell.
My friends are my siblings and my pets or other animals. Due to my mental disability I am unable to make friends easily or keep up a friendship. That is probably why my pets and familly members are my only friends. It might sound sad but I have lived with it my whole life and it no longer bothers me as much as it used to.
ReplyDeleteThis blog again reminds me of Baz Luhrmann's song "Everybodys Free (To Wear Sunscrean)": (you should really look up this song, it is a very inspirational song)
'Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for
good.
'Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the
people most likely to stick with you in the future.
'Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you
should hold on.
'Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and
lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you
knew when you were young.'
http://www.lyricscrawler.com/song/3953.html-this website has the lyrics to the song if you want to look it up and you might be able to find the song somewhere on the internet.