1/4 century of friendship
1/4 century of friendship
How long have you known most friends and kept in contact with them? I guess in such a busy, people scurrying around in the rat-race world, it's difficult to really find time to arrange for meetings or keep in touch with one another, isn't it? It's easy to say, "Let's keep in touch", or "remember to keep in contact" when we are "forced" to go separate ways in the different seasons of life, but in actual reality, that requires great deal of effort.
Out of my secondary school friends, there are 2 closer friends that I will try my best not to lose touch with - even if it's just over an occasional email. The 3 of us met up today for a short time of catching up and reminiscing our school days, etc. When we recounted the number of years we had known each other, we were just "surprised" and at the same time "wow-ed" at how long we've actually been friends. 23 to 25 years - and that's 1/4 century of friendship made and kept.
I have to confess that I'm one that relies very much on communication media such as sms, msn, facebook, emails, blogs, etc to keep in touch with people, hence meeting up with people takes "quite a fair bit of me". But I'm glad I'm finally able to make it, after postponing the meeting for so many times due to each of our unforeseen schedules.
Friends come and go fairly easily, but to keep really good ones and maintain that contact requires a great deal of effort. God gave us friends for different seasons of life - but I don't think He meant for us to "forget" them when we move from seasons to seasons, and when we get to know "newer" friends. Each person that steps into our life leaves a little mark or footprint, and definitely memories for us to keep as well. Are we leaving marks, footprints and memories for our friends to help them grow in life too?
How long have you known most friends and kept in contact with them? I guess in such a busy, people scurrying around in the rat-race world, it's difficult to really find time to arrange for meetings or keep in touch with one another, isn't it? It's easy to say, "Let's keep in touch", or "remember to keep in contact" when we are "forced" to go separate ways in the different seasons of life, but in actual reality, that requires great deal of effort.
Out of my secondary school friends, there are 2 closer friends that I will try my best not to lose touch with - even if it's just over an occasional email. The 3 of us met up today for a short time of catching up and reminiscing our school days, etc. When we recounted the number of years we had known each other, we were just "surprised" and at the same time "wow-ed" at how long we've actually been friends. 23 to 25 years - and that's 1/4 century of friendship made and kept.
I have to confess that I'm one that relies very much on communication media such as sms, msn, facebook, emails, blogs, etc to keep in touch with people, hence meeting up with people takes "quite a fair bit of me". But I'm glad I'm finally able to make it, after postponing the meeting for so many times due to each of our unforeseen schedules.
Friends come and go fairly easily, but to keep really good ones and maintain that contact requires a great deal of effort. God gave us friends for different seasons of life - but I don't think He meant for us to "forget" them when we move from seasons to seasons, and when we get to know "newer" friends. Each person that steps into our life leaves a little mark or footprint, and definitely memories for us to keep as well. Are we leaving marks, footprints and memories for our friends to help them grow in life too?
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