People are People And Sometimes It Doesn't Work Out

It's night's like these that make give a greater appreciation in life. Yes, it just started out as a couple of old friends going out and meeting a few friends. But it turned out to be an eye-opening night. I realized that the amount of contact doesn't make a friendship, but its the meaningful contact that makes a friendship. If that makes any sense. My best friends and I hardly see each other now that we are off on our paths in life. Heck, we hardly talk to each other. It's usually an occasional facebook instant message or a few texts back and forth (since most of my friends and I don't like talking on the phone), but other than we hardly have contact with each other through the semester. But my friends and I know that when we do have our rough patches, when we do need a pick, we know who we can text or facebook for a little reassurance that we are doing the right thing. And those are the friendships that matter the most. When I look back on it, a lot my friendships were forced upon me. I had to live up to someone's expectations of who I was supposed to be. I always found myself frustrated and annoyed of myself. Now that I'm off doing my own thing, I can completely honest with whoever, and it frankly doesn't matter because in the grand scheme of things, I can make that conscience effort to do what I see whomever I want to see. And this makes me able to chose what friendships that are meaningful to me, and those are the ones that I'm able to focus more of my time and attention to. Because there is no need to put effort in friendships that will just lead to anger and frustration. It's nights like these that make me realize: "People are people and sometimes it doesn't work out"