It's been three years out of college and I never thought I'd lose contact with college friends. But much to my dismay, I've discovered that the proximity factor holds true. I was told that you need to make an effort to stay in contact with the friends that you've made or else you or they will fall by the wayside of friendship.
Something that I never realized I was doing was complaining about how people have forgotten me and how I've fallen by the wayside, but that is not the case. School has been busy. What used to be a thriving community in physical form has been reduced down to an ISP address on my blog's anti-stalking device.
Three years removed from college and you see a lot of changes, but someone close to me said that true friends aren't ones you just go to birthday parties. True friends are there with you through the busy-ness, the mundane and the time. But one thing I can take stock in is the present. Not to worry about the past or how old college friends have moved on to bigger and better things, but I also have moved on to bigger and better things. The good old days (or semi-recent, whatever you want to call college) are over, but the present can be sooooo much better if I choose to look at it that way.
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2 comments:
=) well stated and definitely agree.
i'm a stalker.
dude...I hadn't even read your blog when we had our convo on Tuesday! I also think that people change and that contributes to how connected you feel to someone, you've changed too. Long lasting friendships survive the ebbs and tides of time. :P
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