Friends, we cannot survive without them. I'm someone who is quiet and rather shy, but I never seem to have trouble meeting new people. I've had friends that I've kept in touch with for years and others whom I recently met. Friends are a necessity in life who we can share experiences, feelings, and laughs with. I'm grateful for the friends that I have and the experiences that I've had with them.
However, using a new tactic with my friends,ithin the last week, I tried to become an Emersonian friend. One thing in his essay that I tried was to take my friendship slow with someone and try to get to know that person more before we become friends. Even though its the beginning of our friendship, I think it will be more fulfilling and long lasting. Another thing I did was that I let out some of my innermost feelings. I told someone about a family crisis that I'm going through right now and how it has affected me. He then told me about a crisis he was having and we learned a lot about each other in that conversation.
Living a day as an Emersonian friend was a challenge on so many levels, but I found it fulfilling and worth doing because I found out more about the people who are around me and how I can relate to them.
1 comment:
I completely agree with you on saying that we need friends to survive. I have gotten through some rough patches in my life and without the support of my friends, I don't know what I would have done. I'm glad you were able to put yourself out there and open up to someone and I'm sure you saw what a difference it made. This person that you opened up to must be a potential good friend because some people can't handle the openness of others sometimes. I'd conclude that your experiment went successfully and that you discovered more about yourself.
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