The Value of Friendship

"You have enough brothas and sistas...who needs friends?"

The third of seven ( actually 9 but that's a different story) 3 brothers and 3 sisters, my mom always made this statement when I confronted her with my Friend issues.

Over the course of the last month and a half I have come to realize that some people come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. (http://www.promiseofgod.com/reason/) Throughout the course of my aging I have encountered numerous associates whom I sometimes refer to as friends. However the majority of these so called friends have proven only to have a reason or to be seasonal, but regardless I give them the same treatment as my Lifetime FRIENDS.

Some may beg to ask of me, but why? Why do my friends get the same treatment as my FRIENDS? Well I wouldn't say the same treatment more along the lines of my trust, my respect, my heart. I think I try so hard to be a kind and understanding individual that my kindness have been taken for weakness and most of my seasonal friends have been weeded out. But what about the remaining reason friends, the ones who no matter what situation they fall to, they always call upon me because they know that if I can help, I will. The ones who will drain you out of all the favors in the world but when you need one... they never can come through. Yup I am referring to those type of friends...male and female! After conversing with one of my FRIENDS about these people he have given me the best advice in which I want to share. " No matter how long you have known someone... the title you give them, the clothes you've shared, the secrets, and the memories you will always cherish are all part of the the REASON, but when there is no longer trust, and you find yourself questioning things or situations about that or those friends you have to get rid of the negativity that surround them because they will bring you and everyone else down in order for them to rise."

It's the lifetime FRIENDS, who know something is wrong without you ever have to say one word, the ones who stick around when everyone else leaves, the ones you can call at 4am to talk about why you can't sleep, the ones who are willing to help even when you don't ask, the FRIENDS who ask how you are doing and wait to hear your response, the ones that call you at 12:01 on your birthday to make sure they were the first to call and wish you the best if they can't share the day with you, the ones that wishes you good luck on exams via twitter, facebook and text messaging, the ones who can tell you things that you can't tell yourself, and the one who shares the most exciting moments of your life with you no matter how far they have to travel, its those FRIENDS that make me realize that family will always be there but true FRIENDS are hard to come by. SO now this day, tell all your FRIENDS how much you value their FRIENDSHIP.

Yours truly,
Poor Little Rich Girlz

"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
- Charles Caleb Colton

"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to survival." - C. S. Lewis