To Friendship....

Amazing how we become friends... I was just thinking about this - the way we end up becoming friends that is... Out of nowhere, we suddenly meet up and then somehow we get some mundane conversation going between us and then before long, we have an understanding of each other. Somehow, our souls understand each other. It's like some silent understanding that has reached between us...

And the time before we met up just doesnt matter. It maybe that we were stayign two blocks apart or perhaps studied in the same college. But it's only when the decided day comes, that we get our lives entangled. We start appreaciating each other's concerns and become sesitive toward's our needs. There is that vicarious feeling that develops between us. Not that we start residing in the other, but just that there is an urge to help the other. At times of need and want, we are there sorting out the problem between ourselves...

Strange is the way of the world, coz sometimes this very bond can be a reason for trouble. Like they say, every thing has a boundary line which should not be crossed. And the hurt and anxiety which comes with crossing this boundary line is sometimes unbearable. In this case more coz it hits us straight at our heart. Its like trouble coming from the least expected quarter. That's why they say the wounds caused by friendship are alwasy hard to heal.

But then true friendship should never bring it to this. An honest bond will only grow stronger, gradually maturing with age and acquiring a state of permanence in our hearts wherein even though we are not together we recite a silent prayer for our loved ones and even though we may no longer see each other, we have a space in our memory kept apart for them. When out of nowhere, you see that age old buddy of yours, and you have your eyes become moist and heart become tender - that's what i call the true joy of friendship.

We don't have any promises to keep, nor any obligations between us... but then like i said, there's somehow a silent understanding reached which unites our hearts and lets us enjoy one of the pleasures of life.