Friendships

Friends come and go. It's a fact of life. Some of us will continue to trade in one  best friend for another over the years and some will have gone through their entire lives with the same friend. There are Best friends, Close friends, Acquaintances. Friends you never see or ones you just talk to on the phone. Friends you tell everything to or just have for chit chat. Ones you consider family or not really friends at all. They say "If you can call one person your true friend consider yourself lucky". That's almost a sad statement. It sounds like it was invented by a person who had a number of bad friends. I think in order to have a friend you must be a friend. That's not always the case but I believe it should be. You can be the best friend you can possibly be and things just don't work out. It doesn't mean you did something wrong. It just wasn't meant to be for whatever reason. Some of us just have that instant connection. We get along. Agree on almost everything. Have the same beliefs and live the same way. We find it easy to be together more than we do with others. That awesome ability to look at each other and know what the other is thinking. The thought of them makes you laugh, happy or even sad, but in a good way. Whether you spend everyday together or never see each other at all, the bond between two friends can be one of the most powerful forces in nature. We all choose certain friends through-out our lives but maybe true friendship chooses us. It's weird how you can be so close with someone then go to not even talking at all. For whatever the reason, all you can do is be the best friend you can.
No matter what kind of friendship you have they all revolve around one key factor if they are going to work. Respect. Without it, no relationship can work. And without both parties putting in the effort, you may as well move on.