Words of wisdom
Everybody has it, that one experience where you realise that your friends are in fact major assholes. This normally happens in your teenage years when you catch your " friends " whispering behind your back. But to be honest most people can be assholes at that age, in one way or another. I probably was one myself at one point.
When I used to come home upset about what one of them had said or done my mum would always say this to me " There is a difference between being mates with someone and being friends with someone ". I of course had no idea what she was talking about at the time but now I think she's pretty spot on. Mates are the people hanging around you when you have free concert tickets or the people calling you up to go out after everyone else has told them they're busy. They aren't the ones who listen to your problems, wipe your tears away and shout blue murder to whoever has hurt you, those people fall into the friend category. The thing is, if you were to count how many " mates " you had and how many " friends " you had what would be the outcome? Unfortunately I found myself realising that some of the people I had known for years were not that great for me. When I look back at how many times they have let me down it makes me so damn angry. However a lot of that anger is with myself because I let them walk all over me. Anyway this blog isn't for feeling sorry for ourselves, it's more an on wards and upwards point of view. Instead of being upset about it I kind of feel liberated, I can go off and do my own thing making new friends along the way. And what will I lose from it all? Nothing!
Being popular doesn't interest me in any way whatsoever. I would rather have one good friend than a hundred lousy mates.
If we can choose our " friends " then why do we choose so badly? If those people upset you then just do what I'm doing and just walk away. They aren't worth the worry.
Just be happy! :)
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