Earlier today I had FOUND an old YouTube message that was sent to me months ago. Now while 99% of the message was completely wrong, a load of bull and way out there lies there was one, and only one truth. However, not for the reasons depicted. The claim was that I am not as happy as I claim to be, now that part is true. However, the reasons stated where not true. As I approach my 27th birthday there are times I did wish and long for a friendship that has come and gone, but now that I am older and more mature then I once was I no longer long for that relationship. It was Oscar Wilde who said, “With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.” Sadly this is true. We do age alone, we are born alone (before anyone argues that, let me say only one kid can be pushed out at a time), and we die alone. That being said, now that I am older and wiser then I was in my youth, and in my EARLY 20’s. I now realize the friendship I THOUGHT I had was never a true friendship in the first place. Therefor when I do think back on that false friendship it is not longing, but rather a way for me to find a baseline for what I think or want from a friendship. This brings me back to the quote by C.S. Lewis, “Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn.” That is exactly what I am doing when I do happen to think of that friendship, I learn from it and I am grateful for the many lessons it has taught me over the years. In fact that very false relationship has been one of the leading reasons why I have matured. So while the friendship was a fake, the lesions were not. As for my happiness, to paraphrase what my sister says, “Happiness needs to be pursed” Everyone has to struggle at some time in their life to find happiness. Or, one could say happy thoughts make a happy day, and negative thoughts bring a negative day.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 05:06:54 +0000
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