MARRIAGES MIGHT BE MADE IN HEAVEN, BUT FRIENDSHIP, DEFINITELY ON DEAR EARTH

Do you have friends dear to you? Think of the first name that comes to your mind as you read this line... That name gives way to other names, each one stirring old memories like the sediments of a lake bring brought up into the open after a long time... Save a little time for these memories, they are what will keep you going when you're sixty, unable to walk, your hair pale and your body frail... Then, you will cherish these memories and feel an involuntary smile blooming on your lips... Friends may be many, but a few of them worth your memory... and that few will stay there forever... that's why i guess they say, "Relations may forsake you, friends follow you to heaven and hell"...

Friends at school, friends at college, friends at office, friends in your neighborhood... wherever you are, you'll never have a dearth for friendship if you're willing... The ten year old Billu who went with you to school everyday, shared his snacks with you, and played with you all evening is indeed a fond memory... grow up a bit, come to the stout Kiran, your co-back-bencher during your tenth to twelfth standards...the cracks about the teachers, the worries shared about the unfinished homework, the hours spent on the cricket pitch, the afternoons you spent at his place, chatting with his family... wow, brings back a lot eh? Buck up, get on with it, move to your college life... your 'gang', an elite group that gave a damn to just about anything and everything on earth... a carefree life... the look of anguish upon hearing that semester results are out, the joy in yelling out "I cleared all", the classes bunked together, the long bike journeys at blinding speed, deliberately deaf to advice... teasing the class 'pair'... college friends are probably the ones who occupy the center stage of your inner sanctum... omg, i can keep talking... this post is getting too long... anyway, just keep this in mind... don't lose your friends if it's the last thing you do in life... they're too good to be true, yet they are [:p]...