
She is my best friend, probably the best-est (if there was even such a word) I could ever have. Just like any friendship or best-friendship (she made that word up), ours isn’t perfect; there are times when I try to stop and think how things could run so smoothly or well, bumpy (occasionally). Of course we’re two different individuals and we believe that there was a very good reason why we were brought together. It’s probably one of those things we share and it keeps us going. Knowing the purpose behind our best friendship makes things a whole lot different, specially how we see and treat each other. Come to think of it, we do have a lot in common, like how we can be personal or underpersonal depending on who we were with. This trait of ours complements our needs, there would be times that I wouldn’t be able to stop yakking about how I feel and I’m thankful that she would always be there to listen and share anything that she happens to know about my situation, like sharing to me a story about a friend of hers being in that situation and how she or he got over it. Knowing that someone was in the same situation helps, a lot. Especially if that person was able to find a way out of it and with this I’m thankful that I have a friend who has a lot to share. As much as we like to believe that we are social enough to be with different groups of people anytime we want, it’s a surprise that we have a negative feeling about being alone. I mean, if we were comfortable hanging out with different people shouldn’t we be able to comfortably hangout with ourselves – alone? But that’s not the case; we’re both not comfortable with being alone. Eating alone is always not an option, especially if we can find our way around or out of it. Maybe we’re a bit too much like each that’s why we easily fit, like two puzzles.
She’s really a good friend to begin with. I mean, you don’t find genuinely good people overnight and it’s a relief to have found her. What I need from her is simple, that she be with me whenever she could be, whether I need her or not. Just be there. And she gives it without any complaint because it’s the same thing that she wants and of course I give it to her too, without any complaint. You have to be like that to someone you want to keep, forever. You have to learn how to compromise or sacrifice but of course with limits. There are times when things seem to get of hands, of course the occasional fights are always present but we do something to quickly resolve the argument. We pray. I do think that we pray for each other a lot and that’s what keeps our best friendship strong. God is the center of our relationship and I do think that it makes a huge difference, why? It’s like this, when God is the center of your relationship with another person, you wouldn’t want to hurt the other. You know that God created him or her too and he or she deserves respect and love from you. We always have this mind and this makes us think about our actions carefully. We wouldn’t want to end up hurting each other, any kind of argument or misunderstanding can lead to the end of our friendship and we both don’t want that to happen, and that’s another thing – we both want the same thing. We want our friendship to last forever and we’re going to work everything out. Everyday is a challenge, and yes, we are up for it. Things are actually a lot easier when you have someone like Daphne for a best friend.
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