Life...hard to understand how it can be so simple; simple to understand how it can be so hard. We often envision life as a road, and like any other real road, some parts are nicely paved while other parts are filled with speed bumps, road blocks and detours. However, one thing you won't find on this "road" we call life...a shortcut. Though it is paved with paved with good intentions, these intentions are not so easily acquired. Life as we know it could very well be one of the simplest concept to grasp, but given our human nature we focus too much on understanding it that we allow it to complicate our own lives. I feel, and many of my friends will agree, that we must find the balance between both the simple and complex concepts of life while making sure that we do not treat one like other. Too many people aren't taking full advantage of what life has to offer. Precious time is wasted as they dwell on the negativity that had blinded them from the bright side of life.
"Look at life through the windshield, not the rear-view mirror"
I am able to say this as member of this very group. I've witnessed broken marriages, friends go and never come back, and even my own mother pass before my very own eyes. I've spent the last three years dwelling on these negative aspects like they happened yesterday. My thoughts became clouded with all the negativity and I was slowly becoming the type of person I was living my whole life to avoid. In mere minutes I went from a happy-go-lucky 20 year old to leaving it all behind....permanently. I became oblivious to the aspects of my life that brought joy into my life and kept me going all these years...my friends.
My friends have become the single largest asset of my life, without them I would die (and that's no longer a figure of speech). Friends play a key role in living your life to the fullest. However, one must be aware of the fine line between friend and acquaintance. Life is not the same as high school. Just because you are the most popular doesn't mean you have the most friends. Sure, everyone in the entire school knows who you are, you might have hung out a few times, whatever. Let me ask you this; out of those hundreds of people that follow you around campus, how many of them will be there when you reach your lowest point and you're looking for support? True friends will motivate you and see to it that you remain on the right path. It's easy for some one to tell you "Oh, I'll always be there for you. Call me anytime, I'll answer no matter how late it is.". How many of those people have actually answered their phone at 3 in morning? Now I'm not saying that even a true friend will answer their phone at the crack of dawn every time you call, and you can't expect them to. However, if they really cared, they'd call you back as soon they woke up. The cold hard truth is....(not all) people are fake. They will lie and deceive you just to add you to their growing list of "friends"; soon as you have a problem, they're nowhere to be found.
"Smiling faces sometimes pretend to be your friend,
Smiling faces show no traces of the evil that lurks within"
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