It's amazing how intimate friendships survive even the darkest of times. You could go for ages without speaking, yet reconnect in the first two seconds that you meet. These friendships have seen forgiveness of the vilest of betrayals and injustices, without the love shared being altered.
These friendships last for a lifetime, and yield the most beautiful eulogies at the end of the life of one. This is the kind of friendship I want. Not just in one termed a friend, but in all relationships I deem valuable. This is the kind of friendship I long to put a ring on and build a home with, a foundation that stands even when everything else is stripped away.
The intimacy of this friendship is way beyond that of a sexual engagement, and thrives even in the absence of basic needs. A friendship that makes life worth living.Shouldn't then we be seeking to marry this type of friend, instead of searching for what society has painted as acceptable? Is this type of friendship not worth more than a romantic relationship?Is our definition, as society, of a marriage-type relationship even true to our design for companionship and fellowship?
Many times I have heard woman saying: "If you want to be happy, marry your best friend."Yet, to be socially correct, we have our best friends as a support system to our unstable marriages and relationships.I stand corrected in saying: "A marriage outside this aforementioned friendship, is a waste of a good friend."
These friendships last for a lifetime, and yield the most beautiful eulogies at the end of the life of one. This is the kind of friendship I want. Not just in one termed a friend, but in all relationships I deem valuable. This is the kind of friendship I long to put a ring on and build a home with, a foundation that stands even when everything else is stripped away.
The intimacy of this friendship is way beyond that of a sexual engagement, and thrives even in the absence of basic needs. A friendship that makes life worth living.Shouldn't then we be seeking to marry this type of friend, instead of searching for what society has painted as acceptable? Is this type of friendship not worth more than a romantic relationship?Is our definition, as society, of a marriage-type relationship even true to our design for companionship and fellowship?
Many times I have heard woman saying: "If you want to be happy, marry your best friend."Yet, to be socially correct, we have our best friends as a support system to our unstable marriages and relationships.I stand corrected in saying: "A marriage outside this aforementioned friendship, is a waste of a good friend."