Friends from childhood

The neighborhood I grew up was very nice. All the neighbors knew each other and all the kids used to play in common areas.

After several years, I made very good friends with the kids around my house. We used to go to the beach together, go to parties together and hang out very often. We started to grow up and start to like different things. We all took different paths, some went to different high schools and we started to see each other less and less often. We made new friends, and the natural way of life took us apart. That didn't mean we were not friends anymore, it was just that we were starting different paths.

Some of my friends didn't go to college, most of them did though. I moved to a different city, made new friends and started my new life far away from that neighbourhood. Every summer I used to see most of them and had great times. My best friends kept visitng me every summer and kept up to date with my life and I did the same with theirs. I think that some of your good friends you will keep all your life if you know how to cultivate those friendships. They are very important becuase those will be the people will stay around for the rest of your life.

Now most of my friends have kids, wife or husband, and their live has changed so much. Sometimes it is difficult to find time to see each other, because of work, time, kids, and all those things but with a bit of effort we have managed to do so. Yesterday I spent the afternoon playing with the kids of one of my best friends from my high school.

Having good all friends does not mean to me you have a fixed amount of frienship to spend. I mean, you can keep making new friends, keep the old ones, but create new ones. I find that in the same way I keep changing and evolving, I find new friends that give me things and new angles that maybe some of my old friends can not give.

This is not to say that friends are just to give or fill new things in your life. You can give new things to new friends and enjoy different things with them.

There are friends that keep evolving in the same direction of oneself. However, is important like in any other relationship, let people grow and find their own direction. Friendship grows with respect and mutual admiration I think.