I+believe

I believe… True friendship is difficult to find...both in real life and online. You start building a friendship with someone and suddenly they seem to drift off - they lose interest...perhaps I expect too much but for me friendship isn't something you can just walk away from - the people I have trusted are friends to me and friends are not disposable. Unfortunately, I seem to be to some of them. Friendship takes work - you have to be willing to face difficult issues and talk about things on occasion that both of you would rather not discuss but if there is a problem in the friendship then that is what you have to do. I don't buy into this opinion that if you have a problem with a friend you just cut all contact - or worse still just act completely disinterested. That is disrespectful to someone you once respected and cared enough about to call a friend...and if they were good enough in the past to be a friend then they deserve your honesty in the present. To me friends are like family...if a friend upsets me then I know that we will just have to work through it because they will be in my life always...I am not about to walk away because we have had a disagreement. That is, to me, true friendship. In times of difficulty your friends are there for you - they make you laugh, they cry with you and they listen - they expect nothing in return but know that you will be there for them in the same way when they need it. They understand you and accept you as you are...true friendship is seen with the heart, not with the eyes.