What is it about lasting friendships that are so easy?
Yesterday was a special day. I had breakfast with one of my best friends from high school. I won’t tell you how many years have passed since those days, but suffice it to say, her children are grown and living on their own, and mine are 95% of the way there!
For many years we didn’t see each other or even speak. She took a different life path after college by marrying a friend from high school and quickly starting a family. I took the grad school and “career” route, living in New York City, traveling and remaining single until my 30’s.
About 5 years ago we got back together at a high school reunion and picked right up where we had left off. Sure, there were lots of life events in between, but at the end of the day, two old friends just found each other again. Nothing had gotten in the way of the relationship in all the years we had been apart.
What is it about lasting friendships that are so easy?
Is it the innocence of childhood or the complexities of being an adult that complicate relationships?
Maybe it’s simply that trust grows by sharing similar childhood experiences and teenage trials and tribulations. The foundation is laid, and building upon it becomes very easy. Maybe trust can’t be established quickly, and maybe that’s why it gets broken just as easily. Maybe trust simply takes time.
Thank you Judy!
Barbara Kimmel is the Executive Director of Trust Across America-Trust Around the World and editor of the award winning TRUST INC. book series. Visit Trust Across America’s website for tools and resources on building trust.
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