Moment in Time Friends
Moment in Time Friends
As I was talking to a friend from work the other day I realized how I value this growing friendship. We are going through many of the same struggles. We both graduated from college the same year, yet we are working in retail, not the most profit making job around. We share our frustrations about not being able to find a better job. We trade stories of interviews where we swear we nabbed the job, only to get that lovely letter job hunters “love” to receive. I also became sadden to realize that once one of use move on, we more than likely will lose touch with each other.
As I talk to this new friend, and realize my day at work is better because this person is there, I cherish it. I call these types of friends “moment in time friends.” I believe they are sent to us during different stages of our lives. We have all had them. The friend in sixth grade we walk home from school with. The friends in high school with whom we share new life experiences together. The friends in different college classes that we study with, hang out with, and party with. The friend at work that helps you understands a difficult boss, and gives you pointers how to survive on the job.
These are the friends you cherish, you rely on them, and they make your day better. It’s just weird that how when you move to another stage in life, you lose touch with some of them. Yet they leave a mark in your life. You remember them fondly, you cherish the moments you had with them. It is sort of like they serve a purpose in your life during a particular stage. Once that purpose is played out you both move on. They are just as important as the friends who do stay in your life.
I don’t know what separates between the two types of friendships, how one friend you stay in touch with, or if you do lose touch, when you meet again you pick up where you left off. Others you lose touch, if you meet up again things are different, you don’t click the way you once did. I don’t like the idea of thinking that they really weren’t friends. I prefer to think that friendship in that particular time had a purpose. Which is why I think “moment in time friends” is a perfect term.
I guess God feels we have a need for both life long friends and moment in time friends. When I was a little girl I use to sing a simple song that has a stronger meaning for me today. It went like this “make new friends, but keep the old, one is silver and the other is gold.” So I take this children’s song to mean all friends are precious, no matter how long their appearance in our lives. So the morale of this story is, cherish all your friends, no matter how long they are in your life. Once a friend always a friend.
As I was talking to a friend from work the other day I realized how I value this growing friendship. We are going through many of the same struggles. We both graduated from college the same year, yet we are working in retail, not the most profit making job around. We share our frustrations about not being able to find a better job. We trade stories of interviews where we swear we nabbed the job, only to get that lovely letter job hunters “love” to receive. I also became sadden to realize that once one of use move on, we more than likely will lose touch with each other.
As I talk to this new friend, and realize my day at work is better because this person is there, I cherish it. I call these types of friends “moment in time friends.” I believe they are sent to us during different stages of our lives. We have all had them. The friend in sixth grade we walk home from school with. The friends in high school with whom we share new life experiences together. The friends in different college classes that we study with, hang out with, and party with. The friend at work that helps you understands a difficult boss, and gives you pointers how to survive on the job.
These are the friends you cherish, you rely on them, and they make your day better. It’s just weird that how when you move to another stage in life, you lose touch with some of them. Yet they leave a mark in your life. You remember them fondly, you cherish the moments you had with them. It is sort of like they serve a purpose in your life during a particular stage. Once that purpose is played out you both move on. They are just as important as the friends who do stay in your life.
I don’t know what separates between the two types of friendships, how one friend you stay in touch with, or if you do lose touch, when you meet again you pick up where you left off. Others you lose touch, if you meet up again things are different, you don’t click the way you once did. I don’t like the idea of thinking that they really weren’t friends. I prefer to think that friendship in that particular time had a purpose. Which is why I think “moment in time friends” is a perfect term.
I guess God feels we have a need for both life long friends and moment in time friends. When I was a little girl I use to sing a simple song that has a stronger meaning for me today. It went like this “make new friends, but keep the old, one is silver and the other is gold.” So I take this children’s song to mean all friends are precious, no matter how long their appearance in our lives. So the morale of this story is, cherish all your friends, no matter how long they are in your life. Once a friend always a friend.
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