Fuckin Friends d00d!
This is an essay written by my best friend captian saj. He wrote this at 9am this morning on 3 hours of sleep. Even when this fucker is almost asleep the can write something as good as this. This guy is one crazy mother fucker. And i'm proud to know he calls me his friend.
Albert Camus once said “Friendship is a desire to keep abreast with another person. It is to feel the same and see the same, not to be a leader and a lead one.” Many people classify a best, or true friend, as someone they can tell secrets to and show unconventional understanding to. People feel that they will meet their best friend in kindergarten, share secrets with them their entire lives, and remain best friends only on those principles. While this is essentially true, there is more to it. True friendship does not happen overnight; it is a long, and slow process which perfects over time. True friends accept each other’s faults and joys, sorrows and angers, in return for passion and understanding. Ultimately, it is loyalty and trust that constitute a true friendship.
I, alike many individuals, have a best friend. I met said friend in grade four, but never approached him until the sixth grade – for simplicity’s sake, we’ll call him Rob. Rob and I were two very similar people and, without knowing, we became good friends very quickly. We would hang out together, talk on the phone, and do things that every normal pair of friends do. As the years passed by, we grew closer and closer, until one day I received news that my family would be moving away. Naturally, I told Rob as soon as I heard, and he was devastated. Rob and I had grown so close together in those two years, and we were both baffled at how our friendship could possibly work when I would be living across the province. Regardless of our feelings, the move occurred several months later. When we were settled, I phoned Rob, and to our amazement, it was like things were the exact same. It was at this moment that I knew Rob and I were true friends. Even more amazing than this, however, is that four years later, things still feel the same. Rob and I still remain great friends to this day due to the one major principle in our friendship: loyalty. Rob and I have remained loyal to each other for the past six years in our lives, for each and every day. We use the internet to our advantage to communicate with each other, as well as the telephone for long talks that often reach early hours of the morning. Without this loyalty to each other, Rob and I could have easily drifted apart. We each have to make an effort every day, which not only increases our loyalty to each other, but also strengthens our friendship.
While loyalty is a major benefactor in a true friendship, trust is even more important. In the beginning, trust was easy for Rob and I; we lived in the same small community, just a few blocks away. However, after the move, this has become increasingly difficult for us both. When I moved, I met new people, most of whom I would still consider friends to this day. While I love, care for and respect these friends, Rob trusts me enough to know that I will not backstab him one day and suddenly consider someone else my new best friend. I, too, place this same trust in Rob. Living across the province from each other makes it hard for us to know what is going on in each other’s lives all the time. With a strong, positive sense of trust in our friendship, I know that Rob would never backstab me. Trust, however, goes further than knowing that Rob would never backstab me. Rob and I are extremely close. In fact, I probably know more about him than he does, and vice versa. We tell each other intimate and personally secrets and feelings, in return for compassion and understanding. I have told Rob stories, secrets and feelings I have that I would never dare tell anyone else; this is because I trust him more than anyone I know. In return, Rob understand, comforts and reflects on what I say. The trust we have in each other definitely constitutes that of a true friendship. In conclusion, it is clearly loyalty and trust that constitute to a true friendship. Without these two qualities, a true friendship could not exist. In the case of Rob and I, our friendship definitely would no longer exist if not for these two principles. It takes a great deal of effort in order to uphold these qualities to each other, but the reward is more than worth it. Rob and I have been best friends for six years, and I can easily see us being best friends for many more to come.
By: Kevin Saj
BRAVO FUCK!
Albert Camus once said “Friendship is a desire to keep abreast with another person. It is to feel the same and see the same, not to be a leader and a lead one.” Many people classify a best, or true friend, as someone they can tell secrets to and show unconventional understanding to. People feel that they will meet their best friend in kindergarten, share secrets with them their entire lives, and remain best friends only on those principles. While this is essentially true, there is more to it. True friendship does not happen overnight; it is a long, and slow process which perfects over time. True friends accept each other’s faults and joys, sorrows and angers, in return for passion and understanding. Ultimately, it is loyalty and trust that constitute a true friendship.
I, alike many individuals, have a best friend. I met said friend in grade four, but never approached him until the sixth grade – for simplicity’s sake, we’ll call him Rob. Rob and I were two very similar people and, without knowing, we became good friends very quickly. We would hang out together, talk on the phone, and do things that every normal pair of friends do. As the years passed by, we grew closer and closer, until one day I received news that my family would be moving away. Naturally, I told Rob as soon as I heard, and he was devastated. Rob and I had grown so close together in those two years, and we were both baffled at how our friendship could possibly work when I would be living across the province. Regardless of our feelings, the move occurred several months later. When we were settled, I phoned Rob, and to our amazement, it was like things were the exact same. It was at this moment that I knew Rob and I were true friends. Even more amazing than this, however, is that four years later, things still feel the same. Rob and I still remain great friends to this day due to the one major principle in our friendship: loyalty. Rob and I have remained loyal to each other for the past six years in our lives, for each and every day. We use the internet to our advantage to communicate with each other, as well as the telephone for long talks that often reach early hours of the morning. Without this loyalty to each other, Rob and I could have easily drifted apart. We each have to make an effort every day, which not only increases our loyalty to each other, but also strengthens our friendship.
While loyalty is a major benefactor in a true friendship, trust is even more important. In the beginning, trust was easy for Rob and I; we lived in the same small community, just a few blocks away. However, after the move, this has become increasingly difficult for us both. When I moved, I met new people, most of whom I would still consider friends to this day. While I love, care for and respect these friends, Rob trusts me enough to know that I will not backstab him one day and suddenly consider someone else my new best friend. I, too, place this same trust in Rob. Living across the province from each other makes it hard for us to know what is going on in each other’s lives all the time. With a strong, positive sense of trust in our friendship, I know that Rob would never backstab me. Trust, however, goes further than knowing that Rob would never backstab me. Rob and I are extremely close. In fact, I probably know more about him than he does, and vice versa. We tell each other intimate and personally secrets and feelings, in return for compassion and understanding. I have told Rob stories, secrets and feelings I have that I would never dare tell anyone else; this is because I trust him more than anyone I know. In return, Rob understand, comforts and reflects on what I say. The trust we have in each other definitely constitutes that of a true friendship. In conclusion, it is clearly loyalty and trust that constitute to a true friendship. Without these two qualities, a true friendship could not exist. In the case of Rob and I, our friendship definitely would no longer exist if not for these two principles. It takes a great deal of effort in order to uphold these qualities to each other, but the reward is more than worth it. Rob and I have been best friends for six years, and I can easily see us being best friends for many more to come.
By: Kevin Saj
BRAVO FUCK!
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