All for one ≠ One for all.
There was a time when my understanding of friendship was very different from what it is now. Back then, I was very young and naive; it was when I was in high school. My group of friends could be counted on one hand; we were few, but very close, almost like brothers, or at least that's what I believed at the time.
After graduating from high school, our paths diverged, and although we tried to stay together as we always had, in the end, separation was inevitable.
Little by little, the differences that had always existed began to stand out, but when we were closer together, they were quickly resolved by the intervention of one of us. Those differences soon took on more weight and ended up driving us apart: my concept of friendship changed; I stopped believing in it the way I blindly did when I was younger.
In addition to that, the field I chose for my professional life ended up reducing my circle of friends to zero, at least in the strict sense of unconditional friendship: “All for one and one for all” no longer existed for me. Maturity makes us see the world through different eyes.
I still keep in touch with them, even though I haven't seen them in years. We have planned reunions, but they haven't been possible... maybe someday one will happen.
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I am very sorry that you could not find that unconditional friend on the journey of your life.
It is so nice to meet that friend and tell each other all the things that happen to us; From both sides and feeling so loved that what the other person says is as interesting or more interesting than what happened to yourself.
I think it's partly my fault; I was the one who distanced myself and ended up drifting away. My priorities changed dramatically with my professional life, and my free time became scarce. The little free time I've had since then, I've invested in my family. I can't say that during this time I haven't met people with whom I've formed good friendships, but never like those, never one that has been unconditional in that people acquire that degree of familiarity even though they are not... I think I've been very closed off in that regard, and I think it's partly because I've been quite introverted since childhood.
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I can understand it, many of the good people we meet in our lives are forgotten. I don't know why that happens either.
Everyone chooses the life they want to have and the rest is up to God.
That's right, my friend. I think that when those paths don't stray too far apart, it's possible to stay together. But it's difficult when sometimes we're on one side and other times on the other.
Sometimes we deviate because the same path we take allows us to change environment, place, people to be with. We forget that time passes quickly and we also forget about those we met and left behind.
Now that you mention it, I can tell you that because of my work in different parts of Venezuela, I sometimes see people who greet me and whose faces are familiar to me, but honestly, and sometimes I feel bad about it, I don't remember them. There are so many people I see every day that it's impossible for me to remember them all.
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That's something that happens to many of us. I can tell you that I will not remember the vast majority of patients who come to my office. For their part, when they see me on the street they greet me, of course I return the greeting, but I don't know who they are. Unless they ask me and I tell them I don't remember, until they tell me.
What I am referring to are those people that we had close to us at work or as neighbors, and in other places, that we shared with them, and then we simply forgot them. I think about that sometimes and believe me, I remember many people that I have already forgotten.
I've been this person that pushes people away, cancelling last minute because of anxiety or whatever. Eventually, I stopped making plans at all.
In my case, honestly, I haven't made an effort to arrange meetings. This isn't because I don't appreciate them or value their interest, but because my free time is limited and I prefer to devote it entirely to my family. To my wife and daughter, especially my little girl, who misses me every day. I spent a lot of my life away from my father, and I don't want that for her.
¡Holaaa amigo!🤗
Muchas personas tienen la mala costumbre de decir que son buenos amigos, pero en el momento de la práctica, nos demuestran todo lo contrario. Por ello, pienso que este rol no es para cualquier persona y, lamentablemente hay menos amistades que, verdaderos amigos.
Te envío un fuerte abrazo💚
Well, yes, my friend. Disappointments are always just around the corner, but this always happens because we have very high expectations and almost always place them on those we shouldn't.
Here in English please. Those who read you in the @ccc community only use English. Both in text and in comments. @wlin.
If you use Spanish, provide an English translation, please.