Number of friends

Growing up, I think in my head, I always thought that I didn't have many friends. Even though now looking back, I don't think that too true. I think maybe it was just in comparison to the people that surrounded me. I did lose a lot of friends that I was close with, so maybe that's what made the impression. These people that I was close with that were large parts of my lives ... to strangers.

But then, there is something common between the friends I had, the ones that stuck, and the ones I have now. All of them I am extremely close with, feel as if I can share anything, and can be myself. I feel like they accept me for who I am and also don't judge me. And a big part that I've already talked about is respect. Not losing respect for your friends just because you know them or are more vulnerable, but instead, respect should only grow. I will link another blog post about this below.

I've had people that I've come across that don't seem to have had many friends. And sometimes it shocks me. It seems like they're such a great person, how could this be. But in reality, number of friends does not matter at all. It's the people that you do have that matter, that will make all the difference in your life. And it doesn't matter how many or how few.

Related blog posts:

Friends that respect