I lived life a very long time before I met Oren Crafts. I don’t know the precise moment we became friends, but, surely, it is something I consider him. The story of how he became my life-line actually happened fairly recently. It was a mild, summer late-night when I received a text from him saying he needed to talk. I’m not sure what topic kept him up this long and troubled him so much that he needed my help, but I hopped in my truck anyway and drove to his house. Contrary to what you might expect, he was helping me more this night than I was helping him.
I arrived at his house around 11:30 in the evening and gently tapped on the front door. Casually, he opened the door and let me in. I had never been to his house before, but it wasn’t too far from what I expected. There was a fresh pile of laundry patiently waiting to be folded and a bookshelf messy with use. It was homey; it was home. We sat on the couch and began this topic that couldn’t wait until tomorrow. He looked at me and stammered that he had an inquiry about my religion and religion in general. This was fairly surprising, but not a topic I would shy away from. I love having mature conversations; conversations of worth and meaning. I relish conversations on matters of consequence. And that truly was what the conversation was. It was a very civilized discussion. And pondering this subject helped fuel my desire to continue to search and study truth, which has blessed me immensely, even as I write here now. Yes, this
Friends is an American sitcom series that aired on NBC, from 1994 to 2004. The show has 10 seasons and 236 episodes with about 25 minutes each one. The series was nominated for 62 Primetime Emmy Awards and won six. The TV show was such a hit, that it influenced the Americans with the main characters catchphrases, ways of dressing, hairstyle, and other aspects. The series has six main characters, whose are Rachel Green, Monica Geller, Phoebe Buffay, Joey Tribbiani, Chandler Bing and Ross Geller.
What is “friend”? Friend, by Oxford wordbooks, is with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically one exclusive of sexual or family relations. Meriam-Webster explains that friend is one attached to another by affection or esteem. By simple definition, most describe friend as a person who you like and enjoy being with. The definition of friend itself is intricate. What has been depicted is just a compendium of every dictionary.
There are a lot of important things in life. However, one of the most important things for people to survive in this world is friendship. Without friendship, people can die of loneliness. What do you think about your friends? Do you like your friends? There are a lot of different types of friends. There are friends that I like and some friends with whom I do not get along. Friends with positive characteristics such as reliable, trustworthy and faithful whom I usually get along with are the one that tend to have more friends and the negative one whom I usually not get along with tend to be alone. However, friends with negative characteristic can also give us some good examples of seeing double sides of something, like, a character can be
Do you have friends? Most likely, you answered yes, but I’m asking do you have “true friends”? I use quotes because my understanding of the general populous concludes me to believe people don’t have real honest, genuine, friends. These superficial friendships I speak of lead to a disastrous chaos, betrayal, and most importantly: a broken heart. Friends are those who look out for each other, those who will abort any personal objective for you at the drop of a hat. These aspects show a real friend, these aspects describe Rachel Stephenson.
Through my experiences I have come to realize that there are basically three types of friends a person can have. There are friends that I call “sometimes” friends, these people appear to be your friend but only when you are face to face with them, and when you are not around them they act more like a foe. They are often referred to as two faced or a back stabber. These types of friends are not very reliable nor should they be trusted. Another type of friend a person can have, and the best kind, is a “true” friend. A true friend is someone you know you can always trust and rely on no matter what. The last type of friend is the “acquaintance”. These are the type of friends that you do not necessarily hate, but at the same time you do
It's always been a great feeling to know a lifetime friend will always be there. I found one, and fortunately, it was in my early days.
Having a best friend is like having a second being to share your every movement and emotion with. They are there for you in your saddest and happiest moments. They give you the truest opinions, but will support you no matter what you decide to do. Once you become close enough with a person to call them your best friend, you unconsciously begin having identical likes and dislikes. You become inseparable, spending most of you days either hanging out or whining to them about any bothersome matter that you come across. Those are some of the characteristics of being true close friends. You never want them to be in harms way because you have developed a bond to that individual and realized what an amazing person they are. Trust me when I tell you, I never wanted to see my best friend of four years get hurt but when you are put in a situation like mine, it was bound to happen one way or another. One of the biggest dilemmas I have encountered was deciding what to tell my close friend and what not to for her own good. I would never have thought I would have to choose between my best friend’s trust or her happiness.
Friendship seems to be as fleeting as the gold in a sunset. Time after time it seems that watching a sunset dip back into its iris tinted grave for as long as I can, doesn’t make the tenebrosity that follows any less everlasting. Most people think of familiar faces when they think of friends, while I think of shades of that awful auric color slowly sifting through my hands as sand to an hourglass.
What started as a beautiful, sunny May afternoon, turned into a gloomy, tear-filled May evening. What do you do when your friendship with someone suddenly fails? I’ll tell you what; you talk through the problems until you find a solution. I had been friends with ______ for about a year and our friendship was pleasant until May. All of the sudden, we started arguing and not seeing eye-to-eye on simple topics, such as making plans, choosing a movie, etc. I am not saying everyone has the same opinion on those topics, but I was sick of feeling like I could not voice my own opinion and I sought to change that. ____ and I faked a friendship for the sake of our mutual friends. Our most recent argument, in person, over the Patriots pushed me over the edge. Having lived in Colorado while growing up, my family and I are Broncos fans, so I do not fully understand the love for the Patriots everyone has here. _____ is a huge Patriots fan and one night all our friends and us were watching the game that was on. I decided to comment on Tom Brady and in return he cursed at me saying to take that back and got very upset at me. That night, I texted him saying we needed to talk as I could no longer give him the benefit of the doubt of him having a bad day or me being in a bad mood. We fought over text for three days and no longer spoke to each other during this time. That is when things became difficult; some friends chose sides and others remained impartial. The friends who stayed out of our
We all have at special someone that has always been there for you. Someone who would jump in front of a train for you. Andrew a good friend of mine has always been there for me. He showed me that you are never going to make everyone happy, you can't stretch yourself too thin, and he taught me how to follow my dreams not anyone else's.
I was a sophomore in High School, Ellen was a freshman and by the beginning of the calendar year, we were wildly popular, it seemed as if every freshman and sophomore on campus knew who we were. We often dressed alike, something we retained from when we were children and our mother clothed us in the same outfits, we teased our hair up in bouffant styles, wore heaps of mascara, and eyeliner artistically drawing little wings in the corner of our eyes. My sister and I were part of the in-crowd and fashionably trendy.
The past few years, recognizably since I started High School, people started to bring to my attention that I don’t look like much of a friendly person. At first it confused me because I felt as if my intentions were good and my heart was kind, in other words, I was it was in my mind that people saw me as a caring individual. I had hopes that I just naturally came off as someone whom anyone could easily create a friendship with. After thinking on it some I concluded that it was probably because often I tend to be shy when it comes to meeting someone for the first time. Not always was I able to put myself out there and start chatting immediately with just anyone without knowing a thing about them. People would often judge me by how I looked and acted, considering I didn’t speak to everyone initially and I’d isolate myself in some moments, insinuating that I wasn’t someone they would like to converse with at first. Shy people are often viewed as beings who don’t want to associate with others often, however personally I love people in addition I enjoy speaking with most, anyone wanting to have a conversation.
Midday, Monday, April 2, 2012, was no ordinary day for me as it marked a new beginning of life in South Florida. As I stood in the cold gray metal chamber as the gray steel door began to open, a well-dressed, and groomed man stood in the center of the barren corridor of the central jail in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Mike Fine, the owner of the Primary Purpose Sober House, remained motionless as I began to walk towards him, carrying only a brown paper bag filled with my personal effects. Since this moment Mike opened his arms to give me the tremendous embrace of my life, it was the start of a friendship that would inspire change in all areas of my life.
Me and my friends Chase and Roselyn. Which are only my real best friends. I am very lucky person to have them. Well we were playing monopoly in my room. I was winning which was all I cared about . My parents were sleeping, they were in a deep sleep. We were hearing clam music that matched the gloomy rain. But something interrupted the peace. A knock in my window and then another one. All of us walked up to the window and wondered what was that all about. Then a light in the mansion,dark and lonely and spooky, the mansion stood there down the street . I said to them “Did you guys see that I know I am not blind” “ Yeah that makes no sense and it's strange nobody lives there” Chase said. “You are ridiculous, it’s maybe lighting you know that it is raining. Right.” Roselyn said it so confident. Than I said “ Than let's go check if it just lighting like you said ” I said. I know with my own eyes it wasn’t lighting it was like a ghost figure. It's weird to explain. I wanted to go so bad and live a little and do something scary with my friends for the first time. Roselyn hates scary things. Happy, cheerful Roselyn would never go see a scary movie with me . I see a lot of scary things about the unnatural world so I am used to it. She said ok. “But today isn’t the day that I going to die.”She said. So we started to pack our book bags. With flashlights, first aid kit, water, and our phones. I had a special surprise for them. I had brought the ouija board
It was wonderful to meet with you last week. I particularly enjoyed the joint session with Lawrence. It’s clear that you have established rapport with him and he with you.