friends -- they help me keep my sanity intact

are you with me when i say we tend to neglect even our dearest closest most trusted friends at times when we are happy? and we only remember we have these gems once things get tough and bumpy?

not that it's something deliberate. but we are relaxed about the fact that they are just there anyway, smiling silently about our happiness, happy for us. and we're cool with that.

i'm glad that these gems are easy pickings. like right at the moment you need them, they're there as if you're a magician and they're your rabbits under your sleeve ready to to do some tricks, to back you up, to cheer, to give you a gentle tap or a slap, to keep the show going and entertaining.

these are the friends who don't mind listening to your woes for the nth time, to your 10-year old issues in life. friends who'd willingly give their thoughts and pieces of advice even if you're too stubborn to follow them. they offer nothing but love, comfort, patience, understanding and hope, hope that one day, someday, in your own time and way and will, you'll know when to stop and give these problems a final rest. but while you're wobbly and not strong enough to do so, they'll continue to lend their own strengths and just stay there, waiting for the next time you'll need their shoulders to lean on, their ears to absorb your screams and cries and rants and profanities, and their hearts.

more than anything else in the world, these are the people i brag about in life. i am not much of a nice person but i guess i must have done something good to deserve these friends.