andreitolentino

[andreitolentino]

“No man is an island, No man lives alone”. These are the exact words written by john donne on his poem. It means no one is capable on its own and you need to have to someone to rely on. If you were to ask me “Does having a friend really important for your everyday lifestyle?”. I would say yes. Besides from having your family and partner by your side, it is more comforting to have a friend that knows you more than anyone and even more than yourself. So how do u define friends? Is it someone you can go to mall with? Is it someone who you can share gossips with? Or is it someone you can talk to for hours without getting bored?

For me, friends are people you can trust with all your heart. They are the one who would stick with you through thick and thin. People who would never leave your side when you have nothing. Friends are people who attentively listens to all your problems and helps you to find solution for it. Friends are people who you can stop talking to for days and you can come back and you will still feel welcomed. So how do you know if you already found a friend? You can feel it. Friends feels like comfort. They can always make you feel at home. They give you the warmest hugs. Their voices makes you feel at ease. Friends can make you laugh at any situation. Friends can be the reason why you love living. They will always be there to support you and protect you from doing mistakes that can ruin your life. Friends are the ones who you can tell your secrets to and you do not have to worry about them telling anyone. They would never ever do something offending or something that can ruin your friendship.

They can be someone related to you like cousins or nieces. But they can also be someone who you just suddenly bumped into. We never know what the future holds us. Maybe we already found our lifetime bestfriend or maybe they are still out there and the right time for the both of you to meet is not now. We meet a lot of friends every day since the day we were born. Our first friend is of course our parents. Second is your siblings. Then as we grow up we learn how to socialize more, we meet them at the playground or they became our classmates.

It can be someone you met on a public swimming pool as a kid, It can be someone who you met on the internet. In short, friends can be in different forms but they have the same comfort feeling.

So if you were to ask me right now “Do u have friends?” Well in fact, yes i do. I’ve been friends with them for years and our friendship is still the same. And you should have them too. Being a friend is one of the best thing you can be and having a friend is the greatest thing you can have. And as Thomas Aquinas said “There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship”. That is all and Thank you.

@joezerkemuel