What is a Good Friend Worth

We all have had friends our whole life. In grade school our friends can change overnight. By the time junior high comes around often the friendships become a huge part of our lives. Sleepovers and summers spent as being inseperable become the norm.

In high school friendships can change. People go different ways. Friends become different people, interested in different things. Some go the wrong way. Still the friends you have in high school often are the friends you will remember fondly your whole life.

Some folks stay close with high school friends their entire lives. My wife has friends from high school that she still sees if not regularly at least occasionally. High school friends however can be stagnating as they see you one way and can hold you as a person you no longer are or wish to be.

College brings more friends. My wife has friends from every level of her life, she is like glue with her friends. For me while I have had great friends in life I am by nature a person with many solitary interests.

Having a friend that you can trust at anytime in your life is a treasure. Having a friend you admire is a bigger blessing. I have a friend, my best friend if you will, who I do not see as much as I would like. We used to work together. We grew up in the same town but did not have a relationship when younger though I did know his brother. Still growing up in the same place affected us both, we have the same background and same sense of moral and ethics.

We had lunch the other day having not seen each other for a couple of months. We used to have lunch together everyday and the conversation was always great. It is the same now. We talked about our problems, our concerns, politics, reiigon, sports and anything else that came about. We do not always agree he is a Republican and I am a Democrat but we can see things in the middle. Perhaps we could run the country together.

A good friend is worth his weight in gold. We all need to be careful of finding fools gold however. When you have a real gold nugget however life is good. Thanks for being my best friend.