A good friend of mine once told me that "Time is the only constant." If you don't have a Faith, or are very cynical, then I guess for many people, this statement is true. That's sad. If you do have a Faith, then Time is not the only constant, but it is does make the short-list doesn't it?
I've just realised this evening that it's been almost an entire Decade since I finished Primary School. An entire decade. Ten years since I've seen some of the people who had a lasting effect on me. It just doesn't feel right. Tonight I'm thinking about how people change over time.
I've been thinking about a Boy I used to know. We were close, when we were young. We spoke to each other everyday on the phone, as well as seeing each other most days too. Our friendship didn't end on good terms. We had a huge fight over me not wanting to help him with his paper run. We didn't talk for almost two weeks. During our fight time, he moved away. I never heard from him again.
I've also been thinking about a girl who used to be my Best Friend.
How do you go from being Best Friends with someone for Ten years, seeing them almost every day, and then not have any contact with them, for the same amount of time that you were friends for? It's sad.
I'm not saying that our Friendship could have sustained itself at such a high intensity for another Ten years. But I do think that we both should have made the effort to keep in touch. We didn't.
Every time that I see Lime flavoured Soda, Sweet'n'Sour Pork & 'Pixie Caramel Balls' - I think of them both.
I saw another Boy that I grew up with, a few months ago. When I saw him, I couldn't help but think about what an amazing life he could have had. He had the world at his feet. For some reason or another he chose a bumpy path. I hope he is happy with his life.
When I chose this Posts' Title, all I could think about was yet another Boy I once knew. An amazing Boy, who went to my Primary School & my High School. When I was Fourteen, I returned to school from my Nan's funeral to some very bad news. This brilliant Boy had gone to Heaven. That was Eight years ago now. How has time moved so quickly?
Time is not the only constant, in my opinion. Although a Friendship might not be constant, there are many elements in my life that will remain always. Like Love.
Oh, by the way, the Girl that used to be my Best Friend, is now expecting her first child - so I hear. I wish I could congratulate her...
..Maybe I still can?
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