true friendship

26 aug 07 by meg havana you know how I’m fond of posting items in my blog…if I have time I search for articles that I can relate to and publish it in one of the many networking sites I’m signed up as a member….it was a week ago that I posted one article about true friendship that I had just copied somewhere…I usually get encouraging, positive comments from the friends I got on that site, although I have not received any for this one…but a few days after I posted that particular one, I got this comment from a person who isn’t even in my friends’ list and who obviously doesn’t want to be identified since he only has numbers as his id on his page…he told me that what I posted was inaccurate, not to burst my bubble…that I shouldn’t be writing things about friendship lasting a lifetime because, I , myself has not yet lasted a lifetime….that he didn’t wanna be rude but he thinks all relationships, be it friendship, or even marriage, would NEVER last long, implying that friendships would always turn sour ……he further went on telling me that for me to really know best about friendships and relationships, I should be reading an article or something written by Tolstoy (of which he misspelled as Toltoy) and some other guy the name of whom was unfamiliar to me. My initial reaction to that comment was one of confusion…I posted that blog hoping that anyone will be inspired by it especially my newfound friends who I’ve never met personally…I never expected a comment of that sort and I didn’t find anything wrong with saying these: True friendship only needs a few key ingredients: Undying loyalty, unmatched understanding, unsurpassed trust, Deep and soulful secrets, and endless sharing. These ingredients, mixed with personality and a sense of humor, Can make a friendship last a lifetime! For all I know, Tolstoy wrote this. But anyway, for me, I don’t need to read anyone’s work to find meaning to the word friendship…and I disagree with the guy when he said most friendships end without lasting a lifetime. yes, I admit, I have not yet lasted a lifetime but for me, from the time my mom delivered me out into this world until this day is already considered my lifetime and I may be inexperienced when it comes to poetry but I don’t have to rely on someone else’s remarks to get me through my life and my relationship with the people I come to know as friends… So instead of creating tension between him and me by replying to that comment, I decided against it and ignored him. And that’s the reason I am pouring out my feelings by writing this today. And as I am writing this, I started to guess that guy must be one hell of a miserable individual…he must be all alone in this world thinking that friends will not aide him in any way through the ups and downs of life…and with this thought in mind, instead of getting angry with him, I am now filled with thoughts of pity for that guy. And so I think I am still one of those fortunate people who happen to have true friends that will last a lifetime…after all, no man is an island.