Friendship

Friendship is something very dear to me and I treasure my friends more than is probably healthy. My closest friends are like family to me. Like the stereotype of a weird, but oddly well functioning family.

I was very lonely as a child and even more so in my adolescence. It wasn't until my late teens that I started finding friends I felt that I could share everything with, and once that clicked, things felt so much brighter and more fun.

Sure, some of these people don't live close to me. In fact, most of them live on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. That doesn't make them less dear to me.

Friendship is a connection of minds and hearts. Something you can share with others who think in ways similar to your thinking, who believe in roughly the same things as you, and who value you for your sake, without prejudice or judgement. My closest friends are just this.

I love my friends absolutely unconditionally. This connection has nothing to do with the exterior and nothing to do with political or religious beliefs.

I love to have discussions with my friends. So many new things have opened up to me thanks to this and I am not ashamed to say that I'll gladly change opinion of someone can give me an educated reason as to why I should. Not being judged on this is another thing I treasure with my friends.

Friendship is a connection between individuals who share the same level of crazy. Who can appreciate sliding down a bannister when you're 25 or play Tag across downtown when you're 19. Age has nothing to do with friendship. If you can share your thoughts, your hopes and your ideas, it's a good thing.