The friends or friendship group we currently have are more than likely different to the ones we had a few years ago. Arguments develop commonly between friends with the phrase "you've changed" thrown around like confetti. I'd be worried if I hadn't changed from last year or the year before, we change all the time and what we want and where we wish to be is forever changing. That argument you just had with your friends or best friend may currently seem like the end of the world, but if your friendship is meant to be you get through it, and if it's not an entire new friendship that is bigger and better than that one is right around the corner. At the age of 21 I finally have what I would class as 'true friends' as cliche as that phrase is. 21 years on this earth has meant I've had a variety of different friends and dramatic friendship losses and arguments but the art of true friendship is one that is a feeling that is hard to describe. I've made most of my good friends at University and this struck a cord with me when I went to visit them last weekend and they brought me flowers (pictured at the beginning of this post). 4 long months without seeing my loves felt like forever but together it felt like I'd never been away. You know you've got friends for life when you don't live near each other but still speak every single day, or write letters to one another.
Good friendships can conquer oceans and time apart but the ones that remain standing are the ones that demonstrates what the true art of friendship reflects. I have one incredible internet friend who lives in Australia we've never met but we have a friendship like no other, time zones don't limit us. I have friends from home who stuck by me the whole time I lived away and those are special friends demonstrating that effort needs to be made on both parts for a stable friendship to remain.
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