Marl on Friendship

I wanna tell you great things about my circle of friends. I always acknowledge their profound influence on me wherever I go or whoever I’m with. Like all great friendships, we complement each others strengths and weaknesses. What sets us apart is we allow ourselves to be who we are and who we want to be without bias or judgment. We support each others’ decisions. Furthermore, if we make a wrong decision, we’re there to support each other fully. Again, without bias or judgment. This relationship allows us to grow positively as an individual without feeling neglected or restricted. It also revolutionized our own individual thinking of what we need to decide on in our own personal lives.

We have been blessed with each others company for almost 15 years now. There are times when we don’t see each other for over a year but when we finally see each other, it’s as if we just saw each other last week. Most often than not I feel that their arms are my home. Yet, it does not hurt to be away from them because they’re in my heart. How could they not be? They bring sense into me. I lose count of all the times people are amazed how I can be so sensible in such a messed-up world. Each time it happens my heart skips a beat because they’re smiling in my heart; not to remind me but because they are a part of me.

We are a group of gay and straight guys dominated (in number) by strong independent women. All of us are single. All of us are beautiful. We have the best of times. We have closed many a number of coffee shops, cafes and restaurants. We laugh and cry in them like we’re in one of our friends’ living rooms. We talk about sex, politics, people, places, events, love, injustice, stupidity, hope, career, future, parenting, children, life, education, entertainment, the arts, food, relationships, achievements, fashion, ourselves, what-ifs, dreams, death, traveling, humor, men, women, technology, culture, shopping, sports, medicine, health, beauty, diets, fitness, books, God, religion, and nature. Just to name a few!

This post is not a tribute to them or anything like that. I don’t believe in tributes and celebrations. I don’t need a reason to buy someone a gift or wait for the right moment to appreciate someone. This post is like any other post in my blog. I talk about things of who I am. I talk about positive things that could probably shed a light to someone or share the same light with someone.

Blog is a good thing. It’s a chance to tell the rest of the world that I live. Or at least, I exist. I simply could not tell the world who I am without mentioning what my circle of friends is to me, who we are to each other and what we are to one another.