I read a little line on one of the sites the other day
that stated somewhere along the lines of .. I don't have
a lot of friends but I do have five or six people in this
world who hope I don't die. I can kind of relate to that.
Although I have plenty of 'acquaintances' I sometimes
wonder how may true 'friends' one has. As I have mentioned
before I do not consider myself a very good friend. I
have the best intentions but I think the problem lies in
my 'everyone needs to live their own life' philosophy.
I either end up ignoring people or smothering others
when I try to compensate. I've never found the balance.
I have never ever turned down a friend in need but I will
admit I'm not always the most observant friend and
sometimes not aware of a friend reaching out.
Social media has helped in that respect, making it easier
to make casual contact without feeling that your intruding
in their personal lives. However not all of the people we
care about use these programs. This leads to the aforementioned
smothering of those that do. So what's the answer?
I guess it's best to just make a concerted effort to
watch and listen to 'friends ' as best we can and let life
take care of it's self
Personally I guess I will try to make a few way overdo
calls this week just to touch base, watch for more friends
joining the media pages, and try and convince myself that
it is NOT absolutely necessary to comment on every post
that someone writes. (but that will be tough) Oh yea, and
if you should run into any of my 'acquaintances' be sure to
remind them I would love to hear from them
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