This morning at work as I watched all the kids play I thught about my childhood friends. One of my favorite quotes of all time is from the movie Stand by Me, "I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?" This has been so true in my life. Childhood friendships are usually based off of mutal interest-- be it soccer, tetherball, or Barbies; and are mutally beneficial-- no one likes to play alone and everyone likes to play with someone nice. One of the hardest things in life for me has been being able to take a stand with people and END toxic friendships/relationships. Obviously this isn't always an option (case in point-family members) but I do think that if everyone made the effort to have friendships modeled after those in their more youthful years we'd all be happier. Thoughts?
