Pure Greatness.

So it’s true, what my mother said.

(it’s strange to start sentences with “my mom always said…” when at one point in my stupid teenage years I promised myself I wouldn’t listen to her.)

My mother always said that one day, all those friends you accumulated, they’ll drift away, lose touch, disappear. You’ll be left with many acquaintances and very few friends. and funny enough, only then will you feel content with the relationships you keep.

I honestly still struggle with the fact that it is true, what she said. It’s not just that other people are drifting from me, it’s also that I’M drifting from THEM. It’s not something one ever does on purpose, it just happens i guess. And the ones who stay, and the ones you decide to keep, are usually the only ones you really do need.

I know I’ve been writing about friendships a lot and perhaps I’m beginning to sound like a broken record, but i suppose that’s just how much these friendships mean to me. It’s just sad, I guess, that I wasn’t gifted with keeping-in-touch powers. I don’t see the point of being pressured into keeping a friendship or relationship overseas. You do your thing there, I’ll do my thing here. when you come back or the next time we see each other, it’ll be like we never left each other. We’ll talk like old friends and share with each other our experiences and whatnot. I’ll email every once in a while, you’ll call once every few months. No pressure, right?

…that’s just one of the things floating around, I think.