Touch & Go

What is a true friendship? They say you know who your friends are not when you're happy and everything is alright but when you are in your lowest point of your life and still you can find them beside you holding your hand.

I guess I'm being idealistic here. Perhaps, I'm just forgetting friends also have categories.

There are people that once you get to know you can get along quickly. There's a common denominator that attracts interest, shares a special something and fun to be with. They are with you until there's the opportunity and your common factor ceases to exist. I call them fashion.

There are friends who are angels in your life. They may not be consistent companions but you become friends because at some point(s) of your life they have heeded to your call and exchange favors. You have sweet memories of them.

Finally, there are friends who have committed themselves to you. Their existence in our lives is beyond comfort. These are the people who really know you. Even if they can no longer understand you, they'll just there for you to hang on. They are the people who will go to your side even if you found yourself in the most embarrassing and most stupid situation imaginable. Can you think of a person who even without communication for a long time will go that extra mile when you call, asks not much, judges not and decides to pick you up? If you do, be thankful for they are diamonds. Sometimes it just takes time for them to come but you know that they will, and they do.

On the other hand, there are circumstances we cannot avoid. As much as you try to understand, it will come to a point you will realize that they don't really know you. And, you just quit... Don't get me wrong, I know that relationships are not like transactions you can cancel if you’re no longer happy nor satisfied anymore. I know my being a friend does not stop there. I'll always be here. I just stop trying.

At this point of my life, I know who are my fashion, angels and diamonds. It's my challenge to be a diamond in someone's elses.

You cannot feel if you don't see... You touch and go.