A few days back while chit-chatting with my bestie, we ended
up agreeing upon the fact that friendships in our society do not really hold
much of importance. It is actually just considered as a mask. It’s like you go
to school, so you have a school mask, then college mask, office mask, neighbor
mask…etc. We often hear by our family members that ‘family will always stay,
friends come and go’ Yes, I agree, friends do come and go, we don’t stay in
touch with most of them after a certain period of time. But each friend for
whatever little time they stayed in our life gave us invaluable moments or
lessons, either ways they helped us grow in our life in some way or the other.
Then there are few who have been with us since ever.
I give friendship
very high importance in my life.
Families are blood ties; marriage has a legal stamp whereas
friendship is the only relationship which is not bind by law. Is that the
reason why we as a society don’t give it the due value? Friendship is the only
relationship which doesn’t really demand anything. A broken friendship doesn’t
give you alimony or a divorce or any property rights. Nor is a new friendship celebrated
the way we celebrate other relationships.[a wedding, a baby being born, anniversaries]
And yet a friend
trusts a friend, how very brave and beautiful is this. One is taught to love
and respect one’s family since childhood and we grow-up doing the same. But nothing
is taught in friendship, the relationship takes its own form, you choose out of
zillions of people out there those few people whom you call as your friends.
It’s a risk you take, and it doesn’t at all feel that there could be a chance
of losing anything. Our friends are our connect to our soul, our soul syncs
with theirs and forms a relationship.
I am not undermining the value of families, I simply want to
give the due respect, love and importance to a relationship which forms
unknowingly and whether it lasts or not, it fulfills our lives with unforgettable
moments. Our friendships are our window to our soul. Hence, I am pronouncing my
friends and me in a ceremony where we are blessed with more love and happiness
and many more wonderful friends.
I am not even mentioning about the support system that our friends are for us and the love and understanding that they shower us with.I merely want to speak about the value of this relationship.
P.S - I dedicate this post to all the friends I have had in
my life [the ones I am not in touch and the ones who are there today] and
specially to Jessy [ beyond any reasons]
