My topic for today is Friends. Got the inspiration from Jas 's blog.

Have you watched the movie, "Pay it Forward"? It is a movie a few years back in 2002 when I was happily in sec 3. Haha. It was about a boy who help someone and told the person to pay it forward instead of repaying him. So this person help another and told the person the same thing and things were repeated. Then this little boy was sick. He suffered from terminal illness and he will die. Those people who pay the good deeds forward, came to the garden of his house and pray for him. Although the boy still die after that, but his spirit of paying it forward was widely spreaded.

To me, this is just like friendship. I was once picked up by friends at my lowest point and I know that I may not have a chance to repay him or her but I can always help the next person and let the next person pay it forward. I would say friendship is a chain instead of just a relationship with another. I believe all of you, up to this stage, have friends who happened to know your friends at different stages of lifes. It is a chain of relationship that link everyone in this world. Some people boasted about the number of people in their Friendster account but I would like to ask, how many were truely your friends who will selflessly lend you a hand? If you would ask me, would you want a group of friends or 1 friend who will selflessly lend you a helping hand? I would answer I only want that 1 friend.

To me, everyone can be friends but the ones that really make an impact or you had made an impact in their lifes were then truely your best friends. There are so many hi-bye friends in poly life. You know this person, you wave hi and then bye but you never bother to stop to had a little chat. Is that a friend? I would say no. It is just not a stranger or commonly known as hi-bye friends.

How many friends I have? I always like to ask this question. Do I count the number of people in my friendster account or perhaps my handphone? No. I prefer to count from the heart. I know it is impossible that you will remember every single one of your true friends at one point of time but it is not that you wanted to leave them out, it is just that at that point of time you are unable to recall cos then you realised how fortunate you are to have so many true friends.

A little quote from Jas's blog (hope you don't mind):
"Friends are very special people who accept each other with an unconditional caring.
They recognize each other's talents and faults and acknowledge them without judgment.
They are incapable of turning away when times are tough and life's problems seem hard to bear.
They can depend on each other because they have the kind of trust that allows them to share the best and worst of their lives with laughter(appreciate my laughter man!) and without fear.
Friendships multiply joys and divide griefs."

But, do remember that your friends are which like you. They make mistakes like you do, they need some space just like you and they are not perfect just like you. So do give them some space and forgiveness cos every friend is unique. If you lose this friend today, you will never find an identical 1.

Some thoughts on friendship. Haha. And it is so boring hor? =P