Change

Sometimes change is the way to keep things the same.

When two people started off as friends, perhaps it is a parallel line. But when one progresses in life faster than the other, the lines may diverge. When that happens, it is not easy to converge again anymore. Sometimes, there comes a point of time whereby the differences are simply too great to reconcile. As you look back, you may find that you have changed and grown so much, yet the other had stayed the same.

Some friends want to stay exactly the way when they first started off their friendship. Even as they change over time, when around each other, they will revert back to their old selves just to keep things the same. They don't wish to show each other that they have changed, because they are afraid tha the friendship may change too. Yet many a times, is that not a facade? The resistance to change only exacerbated the process.

Perhaps a way for long term friendships is to accept each other's change, at the same time, it is equally important to recognise that you have changed too.

It is saddening to see that sometimes, one has changed yet the other has stayed constant. The former would only diverge further and further away from the latter.