A few close friends or many acquaintances?
Which do you think is better and why?
Friendship has always been questioned. It's a bond that arises between two, three, or more people, maintaining that connection even as the years go by and each person chooses their own path; some rise, others fall, according to their decisions. Sometimes, we want to live the life of a friend who seems to have it all, or the life we wish we had.
It's true that I have few friends. It seems that as we get older, these new bonds of friendship are formed very rarely, at least in my case. On the other hand, the friendships that were strengthened in childhood, even though time passes and we may be distant, we always greet each other and ask how we are doing; there's a sense of well-being for them.
In the workplace, we think we make friends, but it's the opposite. They're acquaintances who, through work relationships or teamwork, lead us to believe we share similar ways of thinking. But it's not like we're friends anymore; we leave our work environments and that bond of friendship breaks. It ends there, and we don't even know if they remember us.
The few people I consider my friends don't live near me; they're in other countries or cities. So, there's a spiritual connection, and that's it. When we run into each other for different reasons, there's a sincere hug and a pleasant conversation.
I feel like I'm at an age where I'm surrounded by many acquaintances with whom I share different activities, and that's it. There's no more "let's do this" or "let's do that" because everyone is focused on their own lives. I experienced this during the last few months of the past year: just the moment, doing the activity for which we met, and then everyone packs up and goes on with their lives. A simple "goodbye" or "see you next time" is all that accompanies us.
