Tuesday, March 27, 2007

What do we consider to be life's greatest friendship? Or rather who do we consider to be our life's greatest friend. Where can we find such a kind of friend? C.S. Lewis once said 'Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, "What! You as well? I thought I was the only one."'.

Indeed that life's greatest friendship compose of a key idea of a common identity. To share the same view and to have the same interest. This will make the friendship last a long while. Having the common interest means that you have someone to do the same thing with. Like a swimming partner, a makan kaki, a shopping partner or even a soul mate.

Friends are easy to find but a true friendship is difficult to come by. Well, when you have more friends you will have less friendship. Your time spend with each of them is divided. Leaving only a fraction of the available time you have with those you really want to be with. The bible says that "A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother." This is to prove that we can have many friends but there is only one who is able to be called our life's best friend.

For Christians out there, Jesus is no doubt life's best friendship. But can we truly accept that? Or are we constantly trying to find a tangible substitute? Since God's tool is through man, then I guess it is not wrong to put our friendship in man. But man does fail us. That's why we get betrayed by those we think we are very close with. Even the devil is good in using man to tempt us.

Friends double our joy and halve our sorrow. The best present is your presence. We always enjoy being with a special someone(not your girlfriend). We feel so happy and glad that this friend is beside us but when they are not around, it is like a part of us is gone. During birthdays, what we truly want is not the expensive gifts that we will receive but the company of those close to us. Isn't it nice to have someone remember your birthday? Having your best friend telling you to keep you birthday free and want to ask you out.

I am glad that I have found life's greatest friendship in many of my friends. Some of whom has known my for a long time since primary school and some is just barely a year. Just praying that these friends will stick with me till as long as we can. Every thing is as good as it last. Meng hui and Luke, I hope that our friendship will last and can be marked as life's greatest friendship and make a mark in God's record book.