You Need a Friend, Wonder Who'll Be Around?

"I'll Be There" - Jackson 5 (I'll Be There)
"You Need a Friend I'll Be Around"  -Gavin DeGraw (More Than Anyone) 

So over these past few weeks I've once again been tested with some friend stuff. So if you noticed the song lyrics up above (random I know) then you might know where I'm going with this. So the Jackson 5 song I just randomly heard at my friend Kathryn's house and then of course I gotta use Gavin, I was gonna use him first anyway, but I think they both really pertain to what I wanna talk about and that's friends and which friends are gonna be there for you in the end. I've learned in the last few weeks that people/friends change and continue growing with or without you and you have to be ready to accept that change even if you weren't expecting it. I've also learned that people/friends that you thought you knew aren't exactly who you thought they were and maybe aren't someone that you can be friends with anymore. Last thing I learned (I know!!! I learned alot in these past few weeks!!!) was that everybody has somebody that they can depend on, maybe me or whoever in their case  but I haven't exactly gotten their yet. I'm still working on letting myself let others help me but i'm trying. I'm also working on telling myself that there may not be one person on earth that I can depend on who is going to be there all the time when I need them (boy has that failed multiple times) but I do know that God is going to be there for me regardless the circumstance. So I guess i've learned some very hard lessons that have dug deep in the heart these past few weeks but they have only made me stronger and hopefully wiser!! And the biggest lesson I learned through all of this is that everybody is getting older and growing up in ways my brain can't even imagine and I guess I will have to continue to keep being encouraging and just allow them to grow the way God is wanting them to grow. And hope they allow me to grow as well. So with all this said it really got me to thinking about my friends. I hear that the college years are when you make your friends for life. So what do you do when friends from the past have changed, or when you don't see friends that you met freshman year anymore, or what about those friends who have just moved on and have other friends that they depend on? Who's going to be be there when YOU need a friend?

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