Real Friends

 He was sitting at the bank of river and was lost in his thoughts, looked like he was lost in deep thoughts and his facial expressions were showing his sadness and regret he was in. He was helpless because what he did changed his life.

           Day was almost 12 years ago when he met him for the first time, it was his first day at college and he was too happy, he had many dreams too look forward too, he had no friend in his life and he was not willing to make one but what life decides for you is best for you sometimes, he was on his way back to home when he suddenly had an accident and he got injured, while laying down on street he was looking at someone to help him but his class fellows were making fun of him the way he fell but sometimes life brings such beautiful moments in your life that when you remember those moments even after years you smile, he too come across such a moment on that day, from nowhere someone step forward to gave him hand and helped him reach his home that moment was the defining moment of his life, he come to know what a blessing is to have someone there for you to help.

          Days into months and months into years that's how time passes but that 12 years blessed him with a friend, you will find once in your life time, you will come across once in a life time and it will be up to you how to take care off, he too became friend with that person who helped him 12 years ago and then they had 12 years with each other to make that friendship strong, his friend belong to a poor family but he always had respected him but as every story comes up with  bad days as well his friendship face those bad days too but those bad days was his fault and he had regret of that.

          His friend taught him what friendship is and so he makes new friend as well but sometimes people while making new friend forgets they had old ones too, who were there for them when they needed them the most, when they were at the start of race, so did he but he got too busy in his life and with his new friend that he forgot his old friend, but what he didn't learnt from life was how to figure out who are real ones and who are fake ones, he got himself involved in bad company and became addicted to bad activities, his new friends  encouraged him towards choosing the bad path and appreciate him on doing wrong, but even in his those bad days he was lucky to have a true friend whom he forgot, his old friend tried to help him understand that what he was doing is bad and discouraged him on those things but as we people commonly used to say that you will only come to know worth of someone once it's gone and will never value what you have now, same was the case with him too, he instead of thanking his friend insulted him a lot.

          But his friend did what was right for him even after being  insulted by him, his friend told his family of what activities he was involved so as to stop him from drowning and destroying his future. His friend even before leaving him did something good for him that he was unable to forget even today when he was sitting at the bank of river with regret of losing a friend he was blessed with, he now come to realize that what his friend did for him was something really brave, his friend stopped him from doing what he was involved in at the cost of sacrificing friendship. That's the beauty of friendship that it didn't demand anything, it only gives you what's best for you.

         Sometimes even your new friend appears to be the one you are looking for, the one true friend who will help you out even if you are having bad days too, sometimes we come across new friends too but it looks like we have known them for a long time, you just have to figure out who is your true friend and you will live rest of your life thanking for the gift life blessed you with. But in most cases a long lasting friendship is one which appears to be true but it is us who have to figure out what life plans for us.

        Remember a true friend is not the one who is rich or have a good bank balance, a true friend is one who takes care of you and gives you importance irrespective of whether he is struggling too or not, help you get through those situation in which you may not be able to get through, helps you and not expect something in return, a true friend will give all his effort even if he is poor so never judge friendship on bank balance, judge your friends on how much they have love, respect and time for you because this is what we being on a race of life demands from our friends, sometimes friendship is so pure that it sacrifices itself so as to save person connected in that friendship, sometimes you will find friend who will leave you, who will sacrifice their friendship so as to help you out, sometimes your friends will discourage you on things you like and they will put their friendship at risk so as to save you from bad days you are unable to see coming for you.
 
They will stop you from doing wrong things or getting involved in bad things even if they knew that they will lose you, they will bear the pain of losing you but they will not be able to bear the pain of seeing you destroy your future, so they will prefer to lose you than to see you destroy your future. True friends are blessing and you should be thankful. True friends will never forget you and will keep checking on you even if they are far away from you, true friendship can never become weak only because friends are far away from each other and are unable to meet each other for a long time, true friend even if sitting at the one end of the world, will remain in contact with you, will be there for you whenever you will need them.

      You will come across many friends in your life because making friends is easy but having a true friend and keeping that friendship is difficult and is found rare so if you have a true friend, take care of him because diamonds are rare and not everyone has a diamond.


        

             A true friend is a prickle on stem of a rose and you are the rose, as prickle prevents people from breaking rose, same is the nature of true friend he might sometimes feel like an enemy to you because of his actions against you, but he is doing for your own good, a good friend is like a prickle who stops others from breaking you, so if you have a true friend never judge his intention because sometimes he will do such things which you will not like but it will be for your own good, don't think that a friend is one who always supports you in what you do, infect he discourages you too from doing what's not best for you.



So I dedicate my this little effort of paying tribute to my friends.