This is a very interesting Whatsapp message I received yesterday the 23rd of October 2019
I never sat on a sofa with my father and after my marriage, I had already left him ...
Many years ago, after I got married I was sitting on a couch on a hot, humid day, sipping frozen juice during a visit to my father.
As I talked about adult life, marriage, responsibilities and obligations, my father thoughtfully stirred the ice cubes in his glass and cast a clear, sober look at me.
"Never forget your friends," he advised, "they will become more important as you get older."
“Regardless of how much you love your family and the children you happen to have, you will always need friends. Remember to go out with them occasionally, do activities with them, call them ..."
"What strange advice!" I thought. I had just entered the married world, I am an adult and surely my wife and the family that we will start will be everything I need to make sense of my life.
Yet I obeyed him; kept in touch with my friends and annually increased their number. Over the years, I became aware that my father knew what he was talking about!
In as much as time and nature carry out their designs and mysteries on a man, friends are the bulwarks of his life.
After 50 years of life, here is what I learned:
Time passes.
Life goes on.
The distances increase.
Children grow up and become independent and although it breaks the parents' heart, they are often separated from them.
Jobs come and go.
Illusions, desires, attractions, sex ... weaken.
People do what they should not do.
Parents die.
Colleagues forget the favors.
The races are over.
But true friends are always there, no matter how long or how many miles away they are.
A friend is never more distant than the reach of a need, reaching out to you intervening in your favour, waiting for you with open arms or with blessings for your life.
When we started this adventure called LIFE, we did not know of the incredible joys or sorrows that were ahead.
We did not know how much we would need from one another.
Love your parents, take care of your children, but keep a group of good friends
Dedicated to all Friends.
[8:53 AM, 10/23/2019] Ram: Absolutely true and thanks to social media especially a free app like whatsapp that helps preserve the friendship and stay connected
This is Rambos Take on Friendships
In a life time each one of us meets a few hundred thousand people. We call a few hundred of them friends. They are all Godsends and sent to be part of your life at some stage of your life.
If you think about it carefully we are close to different people at different times of our lives. I seriously believes they are part of your destiny.
In many ways it is like a drama on a stage friends appear play a minor or major role and then leave the stage. Some leave for good and some keep reappearing on the stage of your life.
The friends who are there for you when times are rough are your Real Friends and my mother told me always you can count your true friends with the fingers in one hand.
Written by Rambo.
PS: Think some one added a lot of sugar in my coffee today and I am on a High 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃
I never sat on a sofa with my father and after my marriage, I had already left him ...
Many years ago, after I got married I was sitting on a couch on a hot, humid day, sipping frozen juice during a visit to my father.
As I talked about adult life, marriage, responsibilities and obligations, my father thoughtfully stirred the ice cubes in his glass and cast a clear, sober look at me.
"Never forget your friends," he advised, "they will become more important as you get older."
“Regardless of how much you love your family and the children you happen to have, you will always need friends. Remember to go out with them occasionally, do activities with them, call them ..."
"What strange advice!" I thought. I had just entered the married world, I am an adult and surely my wife and the family that we will start will be everything I need to make sense of my life.
Yet I obeyed him; kept in touch with my friends and annually increased their number. Over the years, I became aware that my father knew what he was talking about!
In as much as time and nature carry out their designs and mysteries on a man, friends are the bulwarks of his life.
After 50 years of life, here is what I learned:
Time passes.
Life goes on.
The distances increase.
Children grow up and become independent and although it breaks the parents' heart, they are often separated from them.
Jobs come and go.
Illusions, desires, attractions, sex ... weaken.
People do what they should not do.
Parents die.
Colleagues forget the favors.
The races are over.
But true friends are always there, no matter how long or how many miles away they are.
A friend is never more distant than the reach of a need, reaching out to you intervening in your favour, waiting for you with open arms or with blessings for your life.
When we started this adventure called LIFE, we did not know of the incredible joys or sorrows that were ahead.
We did not know how much we would need from one another.
Love your parents, take care of your children, but keep a group of good friends
Dedicated to all Friends.
[8:53 AM, 10/23/2019] Ram: Absolutely true and thanks to social media especially a free app like whatsapp that helps preserve the friendship and stay connected
This is Rambos Take on Friendships
In a life time each one of us meets a few hundred thousand people. We call a few hundred of them friends. They are all Godsends and sent to be part of your life at some stage of your life.
If you think about it carefully we are close to different people at different times of our lives. I seriously believes they are part of your destiny.
In many ways it is like a drama on a stage friends appear play a minor or major role and then leave the stage. Some leave for good and some keep reappearing on the stage of your life.
The friends who are there for you when times are rough are your Real Friends and my mother told me always you can count your true friends with the fingers in one hand.
Written by Rambo.
PS: Think some one added a lot of sugar in my coffee today and I am on a High 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃
