Monday, June 01, 2009
Friends for a season
I was talking to a friend the other day, she was bothered by certain friendships which seemed to have turned awkward or estranged. While I'm certainly not the guru on friendships, nor am I good at keeping in touch with friends, I have always felt that friends and friendship are Papa's gifts, i think i might have called it "chemistry" before.
There's no particular reason why some people click. And there's no particular reason why people change and don't click like they use to. Friends move in and out of our lives, and as I live in this city where there's lots of people movement (my cell group here changes it's composition every 6 months or so), I am even more convinced that we are all put in places to meet certain people, do certain things and have certain conversations. We are meant to be friends for a season.
For some, seasons are very short, like a month or two. For others (who have become good friends), the seasons are long, spanning years and years. For some, friends leave and then come back again. It's just as well since we only have bandwidth to be good friends to x number of people.
So for as long as we are in "season", let's be a good friend to that person.
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I liked the line, "It's just as well since we only have bandwidth to be good friends to x number of people."
Some of my college friends would like me to join myspace, but I really have no interest. It isn't that I don't think I could keep the page updated as I would rather send an email directly to the person. What are your thoughts?
Posted by: jaimacando | Monday, June 01, 2009
I use Facebook to see photos of people, and as an easy way to find people. There's no harm getting on it. at worst you can always delete your account. some are very active users, some just log in occasionally, doesn't matter. watch your privacy settings though.
my meaningful conversations are still on email, paper or face to face. You do what works for you, it's hard to keep up with everything, friends will understand.
Posted by: Mashpot | Wednesday, June 03, 2009
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