WANNA BE FRIENDS? Why think? Just go ahead!

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.
- John Burroughs

How aptly said!
Life is indeed too short a period to wait for good things to happen by themselves… The onus is upon us to find the time, and relish the sweetness of the flavour called life. And when it comes to making friends, I follow Francesco Guicciardini’s belief. He says, “Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them…”

I remember, as a kid, I had this Brobdingnagian aim to ‘befriend the whole world’. Nevertheless, in the course of time, I’ve humbled myself from this extremely pollyannaish goal, and settled for befriending a part of it!

Its quite strange, how longtime friendships can break off and go haywire in seconds. At the same time, friendship of consequences might just stay intact for an entire lifetime.

Ever since I graduated (as in completed my grad course), my optimistic intention mentioned above was lost in oblivion. All my close buddies, moseyed through their individual ways of life, and scattered for varied reasons. Work replaced friends. Life was different. Not that it wasn’t fun. Colleagues were fun-loving individuals. But that was that! The fun about making new friends was missing. The challenge of befriending someone was amiss.

And lo’ here again, the cell phone worked wonders! Yet again, life proved how friendship of acquaintances can add the required glitter to your life. Just a few conversations over the phone with someone… and here I am, confident enough (?) to say, that in the process I made another friend (?) ! (Well just a note – The question marks here throw light on the fact that, girls will remain so! Ever-indecisive!! Never quite sure of anything!!)

Interesting, isn’t it! While we girls take ages to decide over the right shade of nail-paint to apply, it takes just some candid talks to make a friend! Well, the candid talks are in favour of friendship, only if it includes a wholesome mix of humour and wit! (And of course, be a patient listener, praise her… and that is it!) However, if the girl happens to be me, you just need to possess a bit more than these few things mentioned! Would have mentioned a few more necessary characteristics, but then I realised, that the list would’ve been never ending! Haha… Kidding!

Friendship is definitely precious not only in the darker shades of life, but even during the time, when the sun shines bright. To ensure that this luminance of an endearing sunshine remains for ever, we need friends to stay on throughout our lives. Well, rejuvenating friendship with long lost friends is another sweet challenge and a different story altogether. As Henry Longfellow says, Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

Well, all said and done, be it old or new, more or few, friends are an integral part of our lives. Never compromise on your friends!! And of course, as I’d mentioned it in one of my prior posts, which emphasises on the fact that Friendship acts as a rainbow between two hearts. Pun intended!! ;)

So when it comes to befriending someone, never waffle... Make as many friends as you can!

Well, yet again I assay my aught…

Friend, you are the glitter of the ocean’s waves,
You are the twinkling dew on the swaying leaves,
You are the summer’s sun, the winter frost,
Without you, without me, a lifetime is lost…

-Ships.