Thursday, February 28, 2008

Friendship: For better or worse (Part 1 of 3)

Dear struggling child,

Have you quarreled with a friend lately? Have you been hurt by people close to you? A slip of tongue, a moment of folly... whatever it is, there you lie, heart pierced right through. No, not by cupid's arrow but by a close friend's hurtful remarks or unthoughtful actions. If that happened recently, probably it still hurts now. Even if it was sometime ago, you may think that you have healed but out of nowhere it haunts you even as a faded memory. Do you have a way to deal with it?

I will not act ignorant here, it has been affecting me badly to see many of you going through times of sadness/rejection/depression like these for various people and various reasons. And worse, you put on a strong front and nobody could see through that and everybody thought you were fine. Meanwhile, you thought nobody care. The truth is: people do care when you allow them to know what is going on.

I speak to you now as a person with no intentions to barge and probe curiously but still wants you to cheer up despite the setbacks you are facing. (end of part 1)

FT

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