Has anyone ever asked you this question : 'So tell me about
your best friend!'
Its a very simple question
really.
Ten years ago, I would have
answered it by rattling on and on about all the people I had have ever played
with or attended birthday parties of.
But its different now.. i mean i
learned real meaning of it,
Now if someone asks me this,
I'll tell them that though I hang around with many people and that many count
upon me as their friend, I don't have a particular 'group' i belong to
or a 'Best friend'.
well you'l find this crappy...
No, I'm not socially awkward or
anything(jus shy) ; I'll warn you at the outset about that! In fact I pride
myself of the ability to assess and react to a situation very quickly or adapt
to things when needed. However, I do not get the concept of having a "Best
Friend" anymore. I don't really think Friendship Day is a big deal either.
In fact I'd like to use the term 'WORTHY People I Know' for those people whose
lives I touch everyday..
I know their birthdays, I get
them good gifts. I cheer them up when I find them feeling low. I laugh with
them or at them. I make them bunk classes or teach them things I know. I spend
a lot of time with them and at times, I'm nowhere to be found. I'm somebody
they can count on, always though I wish I could say the same about them.
They are 'WORTHY People I Know'.
Would I cut off my right arm for
one of them? I don't think so.
My concept of Friendship has
been pretty much cut and dried. Surgically removed from all emotion - I would
say.
It should be a practical
arrangement, built along the lines of "Doing
to others, what you want them to do to yourself" and "A friend in need is a friend indeed."
Whats the point in being
'friends' when all you are is someone people bitch to about their crabby day?
Of course, there' no harm in lending an ear, but that friend should also be the
one who hauls you up by the ear when your grades slip.
There is a big difference
between People and Friends. Friends are those people who satisfy the conditions
given above. People are well...just people. I'm gonna be myself with them,
simply because I don't believe in being a hypocrite o sumthing.
Its funny how I operate on a
dual frame. I'll talk about detachment from emotions and all that, yet miss
those people in private. I'm more sentimental than all of them put together ...
- like to see all our memories pictures, fun convo reading again and again...!!
Maybe I have trouble acknowledging how much a person means
to me in public. I believe in my actions speaking louder than empty words. Its
important for people to know that just because I didn't cry at the farewell, It
doesn't mean I'm not sad to be leaving this place and its people..
I don't understand
"Groups" either.
We're not 'congregating' like
animals do. (Do animals 'congregate'? IDK) Being in a group, I feel, robs one
of his individuality. Before taking a decision, you must consult with your
friends. If you move too ahead, you're criticized. If you lag behind, you get
chucked out. I intend to be responsible for my feeling of 'self-worth' - thank
you very much - and not leave it open to judgement by my peers.
Groups also have their own set
of behavioral charcteristics. Girls especially, will herd around and yet bitch
about each other behind their backs at the first moment they get! It reminds me
of wolves attacking a deer together to achieve their objective of getting its
meat. The moment they kill it, fights ensue to snatch the largest portion one
can.. aahhh sometimes they are opposite of the wolves like sheep (this kinds r
hardly anyone left in this world).
I've grown up and learnt to not
depend on people. If there's anything to do, I really don't care what people
are up to. I'll just go and finish the damn thing! I don't understand why I
need to submit the assignment when all my friends are doing so. If I've
finished it, I'd like to get it off my hands ASAP. Of course, they're welcome
to ask for help, but I really don't see the point in waiting...( apart from lazy
tyms wen i jus dont like doin anything.. rarely)
I'll try to answer the question
you must be having in your head by now, "Does he even have any
friends"?
I do have people I value a lot.
In fact I don't expect anything
from them, because I know that they're sure things.. You see, friendships come
to play when things happen when you least expect them to. When you escape
security guards together to get into a Fest or steal food from the mess to feed
adopted strays. When you cover up for each other. Or finish each other's
assignments. Or break down the persons door at 4 am in the night cuz you're
hungry. Or call each other up for a timepass. When you indulge in "KADKI
MEIN SHARING". Or go and 'tease' girls. Or fight for that last bite of burger.meets
one in a while just for sharing all the expreinces. When you discuss every
dream and fear with each other. When you don't meet for days, yet can pick up
right where you left off at.
When you look at each other and
confidently say " We're so fucked!"
"I DO GOT FRIENDS... MORE LIKELY WORTHY PEOPLE"
That's all folks !!
#SIGNIN OFF