A Tribute to My Friends

April 30, 2008

A Tribute to My Friends

At the start of my life, from just merely a concurrence of an egg and a sperm, to a zygote, embryo and finally into a fetus, I have never learned about friendship. All I’m focused at is my physiological needs to live, for me to be able to be healthily brought out to earth. Deep in my mom’s womb, I could say that I am independent, considering that I have no idea that there is a bigger world outside. I am merely confined in a gloomy and murky world, filled with everything that I need.  No other individual exists than me. So I can dare say that it’s my world. But when I was due to be expelled and has been expelled out of “MY OWN WORLD,” I then realized that there are other persons than me and that it is never a gloomy and murky world at all. I came across faces that are unfamiliar but considerately adorable. From then on, “MY WORLD” became “OUR WORLD.”

At first, I came across different developmental milestones and tasks that I have to achieve to become a better person. As an infant, it was mostly about sufficing my “ID,” it’s more like being back in my “murky and gloomy world,” only now it has been illuminated by the outside world. But currently, I have outgrown all of that selfishness. I have met persons that made me who I am. I am not perfect. I can be irritating, annoying, selfish, stubborn, boastful, stupid, lazy, clumsy, hateful, ill-hearted, pessimistic, dull, unreasonable and maybe EVIL. But who cares? Sometimes most of us are. At least, I acknowledge that I rarely have those “maddened moments.” Despite those traits, my friends still stood up for me. When I put my self to shame, instead of booing me, they boost my confidence, telling me that I can make it. When I do stupid decisions, instead of blaming me for deciding it, they comfort me and tell me that there is still another chance. When I have enemies, instead of telling me to hate them, they try to tell me to get over that person because that hateful person is good for nothing. When I’m “super-beneath-down-the-earth’s-core” they cheer me up. When I am in my “self-pity mode,” they make me laugh, throwing jokes like “it is merely hormonal.”  There are lots of things that they have done that I may have forgotten to mention. But deep inside me, I cherish everything that they have done for me. From the simple smiles and hellos that we’ve shared to the greater things that we have sworn to be kept secret, those things I treasure. Person’s that are more than chocolates, shopping’s, world tours and spas. One of the reasons why I can let go of my little luxuries in life. Cheers to all my friends. Thank you for the friendship. As much as I want to mention every one of you, but I don’t want to live out a name and make that one person upset. I’d rather acknowledge all of you in general, for I know deep in your hearts that you know who are. THANK YOU!!!