Priority changes with growth

"Twenty children cannot play together for twenty years"—it's a very popular proverb, and I heard it since my childhood time. When I was little, I could not understand the depth of it. Maybe I was not mature enough to understand it at that time. But now I really can understand what you mean by the proverb. In my earlier age, I was not ready to accept the proverb was right, but now I agree with it because I understand the situation better than I did in my childhood.

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When we were little, we had friends and time; money was the thing that was lacking. To play cricket or football, we needed to take money from everyone to buy a cricket ball or a football, depending on which game we would play. After going through it, we could buy a ball and play together. In that time, we always wished to buy one ball for ourselves, but we could not do it. It was never an obstacle for us to play. We used to be happy with the limited capacity of ours. With time we grew up, and naturally the pressure of study naturally increased, and we needed to carry various types of responsibilities, and responsibilities differ from person to person, which is also related to the financial situation. That's the thing that changes our priority.

Someone who was important to me in the past may not be important at the present moment. In childhood, the one who was to be my best friend was out of my contact list. It says that with time, friends also change, and the bonding also goes through changes, and an important person can turn out to be an unimportant person, and there are many examples of it. Let me share about one of my friends who was very close to me, but with time, he became an unimportant person and has no influence on my current life.

When I was in class IX, I met with a new friend who used to live in the same building. His personality was very friendly, and getting along with him was the easiest task for me, even if I rarely made friends because of my introvert nature. He was the person with whom I used to share most of my thoughts, and he could also understand me well. We used to go outside together; it didn't matter where we went. Other people used to say they had never seen us separately anywhere. He was with me wherever I was. He was my best friend, and I never thought of separating from him at any time. And in my opinion, it was an impossible thing for me at that time.

After 2 years, I shifted to another apartment, and in XI-XII class, the study pressure was huge. We were parted by distance, and at the same time, the pressure of study increased for both of us, and naturally, we had very little time to think about other things. We used to call each other within a few weeks, and it became normal not to talk frequently. It was just a matter of time before we stopped talking to each other. We only talked when there was something important to share.

Later, both of us were admitted to the same university, and I met with him several times, but both of us had new friend circles and also felt there was no spark of friendship between us. I feel it's weird, but I cannot deny the feeling. Even after reading in the same university, there was no contact between us. Say something that made me realize that because of time, distance, and the situation, our priorities change, and it is the reality I need to accept.