From Out the Cave

Friendship vs Time

Friendship vs Time

What shall we be five years later? And what will all the things about us look like in 15 years?

I could felt the sharpness of time from the faces of the graduates who left the campus 15 years ago, in the party of old-classmate getting together yesterday. I just put some fruit and listened on the scene. Somewhat like an ordinary workman. These guys, after 15 years, had surfed in the waves of business and finally became an entrepreneur, a high-level accountant, an official in the government office or a manager. Long time passed, the campus remained tranquil but the owners had changed for many times.

The hottest word that talked about was friendship. I still remembered that one of them said, nowadays people measured the friendship by the business they made. The bigger deal, the more friendship. But the friendship between classmates was totally deferent, which involved nothing about benefit. And that was the true friendship. If you asked help, they would help against all the odds.

And one of them even talked to us, fellow students, when we were leaving. He said, in the college, there were three key words. First, of course, the study, the job we must accomplish successfully. Second, EQ, learning how to be involved in the society and control yourself. Third, friendship, these friends are friends indeed. They are of the most helpful and usable resources in your life.

I did see a lot in them. Maybe something more can be found and worth learning. But the time for us chatting was not enough. And I found myself not good at communicating with the ones who are 15 years older than me.

Just imagine what will happen after 15 years. We are getting mature day by day, the things are changing day by day, the links between people are transforming day by day, something will be lost and something will be attained. Our minds will be different or just totally the opposite, but what about our heart?

Can friendship last that long? Non-believers say it is just an imagination. And I will say some will be still on the priority of my life, some will fade, and some will be forgotten without any notice. That’s just life. We are travelers in the earth, and partner of the others. Some partners of us stay for seconds, some stay longer, while some stay for a whole life.