Recognize your True Network

In this age where social networking and reaching out to as many people as you can is the norm in the current scenario, I fail to understand that actually how many people are connected to us when we really need them. We end up scrapping, chatting with so many people each day, seldom wondering that where those talks are heading and whether those talks are actually adding value to our lives. And all this hype about staying connected is actually what I really want to do or is it that the society has imposed on me. This thought has been pondering in my head for quite some time and it made me go back to my childhood days where I had lots of friends and we used to fight, laugh, play and have a ball each and every day. I have lost touch with many of those friends. Then as I grew up my friendships became stronger and even the groups became larger. But in that huge crowd there were those one or two with whom I connected with my heart. Whom I could talk to any time of the day or night and with whom I could share my weirdest dreams with the assurance that they would not laugh. They were the ones who supported me despite the fact that I had been mean to them. Then as I grew older, my impressions grew stronger, the world became more competitive and I didn’t know whom to trust and whom not to. I made more number of friends and got all the more confused and got lost. I decided to stop making friends because I didn’t trust them. I hardened in life and decided to not do anything for people, that no one is a friend here, true friends don’t exist and all that crap. But while I was in this whole zone of thinking I came across a set of people who were exactly like me. They cared for me the same way I used to care for my friends when I was small. I don’t know what they liked in me. I think they are genuinely good people. But they helped me get back to my true self. Keeping relations and sticking to your friends. And these are your true friends. How do you recognize them? They are exactly like you. They think the same thing as you do. They enjoy doing the same thing as you. You generally discuss same things. And they are ready to motivate you even at the most silliest of your thoughts. They are your true friends. Please recognize them fast or they will be lost in this rat race and then the only thing that will remain with you is regret. Coz you would have lost true gems of your life. They are the most dependable people and will stand by you, come what may.
This one is dedicated to my “MBA Group” – Baby, Nalineesh, Punnu
Thanks for being my true friends. Everything that you all have done means a lot to me. Taking care of my likings, tolerating my nonsense during projects, my stupid statements “I am not here to make friends”, my nakhras of not coming for outings and always making bahanas and lastly for making my birthday so special that even I could not imagine. I am lucky to have friends like you.