| 06/02/08 06:56 PM |
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Chuck Burr
It's class reunion time, again. Excited? Anxious? Well, looking forward to it or not, it's about that time. And time, or more specifically, the swift passing of it, has a way of making you think. You think about the friends you haven't seen since graduation, or the end of the summer. Where are they now? Who are they now? How did we ever lose touch? You think about how many of those friendships were made, grown, strengthened or faded.
One of the first sayings I remember is, "Friends you make in high school are friends for life". I used to think so much on the latter part of the phrase, "for life", that I neglected what turned out to be the operative portion, "Friends you make". When you really think about it, friends you make don't have to remain tight-knit, peas-in-a-pod type friends. They don't even have to be made in high school. Some of my closest friends - I do not use the word loosely - have been made since high school. Some in some quite unlikely places. And in many places where I would have expected to make friends, I found none.
You never know - and that's about all I know for sure. But it has been my experience that depending on people, places and circumstances, friends are not always easy to make, keep, or identify, but those are the ingredients of friends: People, places, and Once you have them, it's okay because life going on does not afford us that luxury, thank God. God knows that some friends, we can only take in small doses; myself included, I'm sure. Once in a while is plenty. I try to remember, as I suggested, to love my friends with the changing times and lifestyles, as I expect they love me. "The same way people evolve, so do friendships."After 20 years its so reassuring that friends come back together for a common goal to reunite the class of 1988
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