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Wow, been a while since I've done this type of title.
A good friend of mine said to me today "I'll always believe that you're your own best friend." Then their laptop batteries died.
I've clearly heard this quote before. But never really sat down and thought about it. But now that I do actually think about the quote and relate it to my own life. I'm beginning to agree with them.
In my life. Most people don't know what's going on in my head, or just don't really know me all that well. My close friends know me pretty damn well, and I'll relinquish my thoughts to them more easily. But still, not everything. As I think one should keep it. I don't believe in telling everyone what you're thinking, or telling everything you're thinking.
The same friend has a quote, "I know a few secrets, and I have a few of my own."
Lets say you go around surveying people "What is a 'best friend'?"
I'm rather tempted to do this on campus, and see what the results are.
A likely answer would be something along the lines of "someone who completely knows you." Or "someone you can tell everything to" or "someone you can be completely yourself around" The only one I'd be agreeing with is the last one. Though when I think of that. I think of that of being your partner in life. Not that they can't be both your best friend and partner either. It's just not the norm.
So if a best friend is "someone who completely knows you," then wouldn't that be yourself? Like I said, no one knows me completely. Only I know whats going on in my head and my life. Obviously. That said, doesn't that make my friend's statement true?
In my own past, I never really had the best of friends. Only a few are still friends of mine now from back then. Often enough, I have found people to use me. I end up being a 'last resort' or that last person to turn to when all else fails. Or simply they only come to me or contact me when they need something from me. I hate that...
Absolutely,
Positively despise it.
Thus when it comes to my friends, I choose who I want to open up to and who I feel should know a good deal of me, as I think a lot of people do. But I never do this until a while into our relationship. That can be years honestly.
So, in conclusion to all this rambling. I think I've come to a clear answer to my friends statement. I do believe that your best friend is yourself. Not that I suppose you can't have a best friend. But when it comes to that, you get technical, and opinionated as to what's the actual difference. Which I don't want to, nor think I should go into.
Thanks pal, for giving me something to think about.
A good friend of mine said to me today "I'll always believe that you're your own best friend." Then their laptop batteries died.
I've clearly heard this quote before. But never really sat down and thought about it. But now that I do actually think about the quote and relate it to my own life. I'm beginning to agree with them.
In my life. Most people don't know what's going on in my head, or just don't really know me all that well. My close friends know me pretty damn well, and I'll relinquish my thoughts to them more easily. But still, not everything. As I think one should keep it. I don't believe in telling everyone what you're thinking, or telling everything you're thinking.
The same friend has a quote, "I know a few secrets, and I have a few of my own."
Lets say you go around surveying people "What is a 'best friend'?"
I'm rather tempted to do this on campus, and see what the results are.
A likely answer would be something along the lines of "someone who completely knows you." Or "someone you can tell everything to" or "someone you can be completely yourself around" The only one I'd be agreeing with is the last one. Though when I think of that. I think of that of being your partner in life. Not that they can't be both your best friend and partner either. It's just not the norm.
So if a best friend is "someone who completely knows you," then wouldn't that be yourself? Like I said, no one knows me completely. Only I know whats going on in my head and my life. Obviously. That said, doesn't that make my friend's statement true?
In my own past, I never really had the best of friends. Only a few are still friends of mine now from back then. Often enough, I have found people to use me. I end up being a 'last resort' or that last person to turn to when all else fails. Or simply they only come to me or contact me when they need something from me. I hate that...
Absolutely,
Positively despise it.
Thus when it comes to my friends, I choose who I want to open up to and who I feel should know a good deal of me, as I think a lot of people do. But I never do this until a while into our relationship. That can be years honestly.
So, in conclusion to all this rambling. I think I've come to a clear answer to my friends statement. I do believe that your best friend is yourself. Not that I suppose you can't have a best friend. But when it comes to that, you get technical, and opinionated as to what's the actual difference. Which I don't want to, nor think I should go into.
Thanks pal, for giving me something to think about.