An Answer to a Great Friend

I was reading one of my friend's blogs and he was asking a question about friendships and how they fare against distance and time. I've always thought friendships are phases in one's life and friends are the people with whom you share mere parts of your life while you share parts of theirs. All good things never last, right? And realistically, of all the people we've met, and will meet, in the span of our lives, however long that period of time might be, it would be impossible to sustain a level of friendship with them all. Personally, I couldn't and wouldn't be able to do it because I'd be spreading myself thin. It just takes too much effort.

Thinking back, I guess I've lost a lot of friends because I just wasn't prepared to put in the effort needed to sustain relationships with certain people. Although sometimes I really wish I wasn't lazy one night and went out with them or too caught up in my own world to even send a message.

As a twisted mind's reply to whoever's asking, for me, the level of friendship two people share is just what they both want it to be. If both parties still put in an effort into the relationship, then they're sweet. If not, then whatever right? There are billions and billions of people in the world. My only fear is not losing good friends, but letting the great ones just slip away.

**This is unsolicited advice: an answer to a great friend!