Friends

I was thinking today about my friends and how they enrich my life in so many different ways. For me, there are levels of friendship. If you picture circles, the innermost circle would be family and your best friends. This includes my mother, brother, boyfriend, and my two best girlfriends. The next circle would be good friends. These are friends who you might not know quite as well, and who you might not share as much with as you do with your closest friends. Still, you have much in common with each other. Friends in both these categories will likely be friends with me for life. The third list are acquaintances/co-workers. These are individuals who I work with, friends I have grown apart from, and don’t maintain as close ties as I used to. At some point, these people drop off the radar screen. It’s sad, but it happens. I’ve been on the giving and receiving end of these situations.

When I left San Diego, there were two friends and four acquaintances who I continued to correspond with for at least two years. But now, I haven’t heard from them, nor they from me. In Modesto and Turlock, I have made new acquaintances, and at least three new “friends”. Make new friends but keep the old is a Girl Scouts song, and I think it applies to many of us and our relationships.

With today’s hectic lifestyles though, once people are out of sight, they fall out of mind, perhaps too quickly.
Still life goes on…

We need not forget the impact that those who we have known still have on our lives.
The Beatles fabulous album, “Rubber Soul” is just amazing all the way through. The song which relates to today’s post is “In My Life”. Check it out or listen again if it’s been awhile.