A Toast to
Friendship!
Friendship is one of those relationships that has been
valued beyond any known limits, beyond blood, beyond life! It is one of the
most beautiful and cherishing experience of life. And we have legends to state
that, dating from time as back as humans have been known to exist.
However, one of the most common saying of today is “to find
a true friend in today’s world is tough”. Some people even state it as an impossible
thing. So when I hear this, I always wonder what they mean by the term “today’s
world”. What makes the world of today so sadly unique that a true friend is thought
of as once upon a time tale? The answers that follow are- its competitive,
people are greedy, nobody has time, it is a fast moving world, nobody really
cares or people care only when they need you and so on.
But I am a firm believer of friendship and have always
believed that these things are only meant to be said. I have changed ten
schools, two colleges and have been to almost every corner of my country,
India. I have met people from different cultures, religions etc but never has
my faith in friendship been lost. Yes I have had my shares of jealous friends, overly
competitive friends and friends with the so called qualities of today’s world. But
I have always been blessed to have people around me who cared for me and who I
cared for. Even today when I meet my dearest friend from fifth standard, it
feels as though we were always there for each other. The same goes for all my other
dear friends. These people have taught me to become a better person. They have
corrected me when I was wrong, held my hand when I was weak and have looked out
for my support when they needed it. Yes we have fought, had our tough times together
but somehow that never made us question our friendship.
Greed, jealousy, competition-they have always been a part of
human existence, they are all a part of human nature. But all these things have
never been able to question the strength of friendship. We all have someone who
has always been there for us and that person is our dearest friend. There are
times when we have bad experiences, when we mistake some people for being our
friends. But even in all this we will have someone who’ll stand by us.
Friendship has never known any religion, caste, color or
distance and neither will it ever. It’s a feeling so pure and powerful. It has always
taken the world by its awe.
To all my dearest friends and to all of you who believe in
friendship...cheers!
Dedicated to my dearest friends-a special toast to: Niki,
Ish, Pav, Tuli, Nea, Shash and Dove.
Lovely article! And thanks for the toast, friends forver :)
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Thank you Dove:)
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