Friendship

It's been a minute since my last post so I thought I'd better get down to it. I've been wanting to write about a particular subject but haven't really been able to solidify my opinions. So I'll do my best and then borrow from the intellect of some others. Perhaps my indecision is a testimony to the complexity of the subject.
Female friendships are important to the strength of a woman. Oftentimes, as women we are willing to forgive terrible betrayals by the men we love but have a harder time forgiving our friends for merely being human.

Do we have higher standards for our female friends? Are we more defensive because we reveal so much to our pals, making us more vulnerable? Could it be that new people in our lives are so threatened by the depth of our friendships that they slowly undermine the relationship until we think the friendship is no longer worth our time and attention?

Let's not have our friendships fall victim to judgment, fear, and insecurity.
For my girls, that may be reading this I love you all and I'm grateful that you are a part of my life.

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"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost." - Charles Caleb Colton

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." - Anais Nin

"It takes a long time to grow an old friend." - by John Leonard

"Though our communication wanes at times of absence, I'm aware of a strength that emanates in the background." -Claudette Renner

"I can trust my friends. These people force me to examine, encourage me to grow." -Cher

"Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up." - Bible: Ecclesiastes

"I get by with a little help from my friends." - John Lennon