Saturday, September 2, 2017

One loyal friend is worth a thousand relatives



Blogger's note: A blog tribute for Jerica Baylosis and Claire Anne Rimbawa. Happy bestfriends day!

     A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand, “Today my best friend slapped me in the face." They kept on walking until they found an oasis where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning but his friend saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone, “Today my best friend saved my life." The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now, you write on a stone, why?”  The other friend replied, "When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave it in stone where no wind can ever erase it.”
     I have met two girls who at first glance I'm not attracted to but then as I talked with them with every word, every smile and every laugh they become more beautiful until I can't believe there was a moment I didn't think they were. I never see it coming that we will come to a point that the three of us will become bestfriends. They are like four leaf clover. They are very hard to find but very lucky to have and I'm very blessed that I have found two, Jerica and Claire. They are not that have-it-all type of person because probably, they might not be your ideal friends. They commit mistakes and understand things differently the way I understand it but those differences are perfect in my sight. We fight because of little things but that make us stronger. I'm me when I'm with them because I can express whatever I wanted to. They are someone I can call on whenever I have something I cannot burst out to others. They understand me more than my family does. They appreciate my efforts more than my crush does. Most of all, they made me feel that I'm worth loving and fighting for and my existence is not a big mistake.
     I have realized that as I get older, I'am becoming more selective of who I consider a friend. I find that I would rather have 4 quarters than 100 pennies. I have learned that I should not value the things I have in life but value who I have in my life.

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