Dear Reader, don't be confused about the heading of this post.i don't mean to destroy your friendship with anyone,not even myself.Its only that i wont to share a few sentiments with you on a very delicate subject in far we indwell this earth.i am talking about FRIENDSHIP.They are my candid opinions though and you have every right to think differently after all opinions are like noses, everyone has one but they are also like onions, you can plant them anywhere but not at my backyard.that's on the lighter side.Don't be too worried about the post,i believe you will enjoy it.
I want to share with you an interesting true life story (as they say in movies,a life story is in the end true or?).
On my way to a church evening service,an old lady who had noticed us to be good friends called us (we were two in number,Charles and myself) and started her long talk as usual: "I have been observing you two for a long time and have realised you are very good friends,isn't it? we nodded in reply.But i have something small to share with you two. I share it with all good friends and I think its your turn now". We were becoming worried because time was running out and this old woman will not end her tale(I believe you are wondering whether we really listened to her).
She continued " There were two good friends who loved each other to the extent that they thought no one could separated them.An old man who saw them laughed and remarked that he could separate them in just a minute. After a long argument they agreed to the challenge of the old man.The old man after a few weeks,the old man called one of them when they were on their way to a place.He whispered something into the ear of the one he called. Afterwards, the other friend wanted to know from him what the old man whispered but he was told the old man told Him something.The long and short of the matter is that the the two friends broke up because one thought the old man told the other something he was hiding from him even though in actual fact the old man whispered nothing".
She ended her tale but by that time time for service was over. as angry as we were we wen home not even a thought to her "over long story".Its more than ten (10) years now, and even though we had no fight, i don't know where my once upon best friend is on this globe.I guess that was the whisper in our case.
With this story, the auntie Julie (the old woman) wanted to just drum home the idea that as friends you don't need anything strange to destroy your friendship, a whisper is enough (or things we never thought could).
I always tell friends that relationships are expensive hence we should do well to preserve every friendship we have (Is it really all? okay most.). The reason is simple and that is we need each other to survive and move up there.lets be careful not to allow the small unnoticed things to reign our friendships with others.It might be not calling or better still not calling back missed calls you get,not sending even a message on a special day or better still not replying
when others painfully squeeze some hard earned credit to send yo an SMS message. i believe you have identified the "whisper in your friendship by now."
To conclude,i leave you with a legal sentence (since we are in legal times, that is awaiting Supreme court verdict) to suggest that "I PUT IT TO YOU that I can destroy your friendship"
NB:Please leave a comment and i will be very grateful
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