Travelling through life with friends

No man is an island. Friends are a necessity in life. Friendship becomes an important factor as we journey through life.
Howbeit, making and meeting the right people as friends is an Herculean task because friends are either building blocks or destructive pathways. Friends comes in different variations such as ideologies, lifestyles, upbringing etc
The friendship market is inviting but finding someone I gel with easily isn't that simple always.
Years ago, I made friends with a sweet person who is now a stranger to me. Have you ever had a friend who's become a stranger to you? Well, sometimes one doesn't understand how these works but a good explanation to such absurdity includes misunderstanding, envy, gossips and competition. These are destructive factors of beautiful friendships. Othertimes, we are our own obstacles.
Although, friendship is broad and I don't want to trend a post on it right now because our scopes and experiences are different and may affect our judgements on these subject.
Nevertheless, we all know what our desires are in hearts. Nobody wants a weighty headache or a pain as a friend, thus we need someone that understands us. Should understanding be partly one-sided? No, please. We also need to understand our friends. Unhealthy friendship is self-centred, keep away from such.
To those living for friends, you are amazing and I'm happy for you but are you doing all the patches or not?
If you feel you are good without friends maybe as a result of some ugly experience in the past, I may not understand how or what you feel but don't give up so soon.....there are still beautiful friendships birthing joys and building goals in life.
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(Share your friendship stories here, let's start a conversation )