Friendship

3rd June, 2009

“Friendship”; In the immortal words of George Washington, “Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation”.

How do we define true friends? How do separate those that lift us up from those that pull us down? How do we decide whether a friendship is worth salvaging or not? It’s hard in this life to put label on friends. Best friend, good friend, friend, acquaintance; how do we distinguish between them.

Being a gay guy isn’t easy. You meet someone today; they assume they’re your friend tomorrow. It’s not every single person you know that’s a friend. How come people just don’t get that? Sometimes I wonder maybe it’s just me? Maybe I’m the one who’s too fussy or too finicky? But as George Washington said, true friendship is a plant of slow growth. I think I’m going to stick to the advice of a man who went on to become the president of the United States of America.

It’s time to be choosy about who I call my friend. If people have got a problem with that, then that’s their deal. It’s my life, my rules; it’s all on me.

For Real

Belthazar