friends forever

its always great to hear from a friend after a long time. and its absolutely wonderful to talk to a friend after a long time, especially when you least expect it. ppl say that the friends u make in college are the friends that u keep for life. that is something that i started to realise when i graduated and am now realising more and more. the friends you have in school, you grow apart and grow in different directions, and you are different people than what you were 10 years ago. all those promises of friends forever.... its only one or two people from way back then that you do stay friends with. friends you make after college are functional friends. you are busy following your own path in life, maybe even too busy to invest that time and space it takes to forge a deep and lasting bond, i dont know. maybe its just that you've already have those close and deep friendships and as time goes by it becomes harder to make new bonds that compare to the old ones, so you dont even try. maybe its that in college you've gone through that phase in life when you are experiencing life at its most intense and hence form bonds that are just as intense, and that phase, that experience can never be repeated and hence such strong and enduring friendships cannot be formed after that phase in life is over. who knows. what i do know is that the friends that ive made in my four years at lums are the friends that have sustained me through the best and the worst times in life and these are the friends that i know i can count on for anything and at any time. and even if time and distance separates us these are the friends that will be friends forever :)