Someone asked me today "What gives meaning to your life?" To which I quickly responded friendships are near the top of my list. The conversation continued and I was asked "How do people become friends?" I quickly realized the dynamics of friendships are somewhat of a mystery to me and all I could do to sum it up was to say "it just happens."
After pondering this for some time I have concluded that there are bonds that are formed when we interact with people. To this statement I was then asked " Well, how is it that you choose who in a group you are going to interact with?" I replied that my friends-in-the-making might likes to garden or ride motorcycles or shares passions for similar things. In short we have things in common.
I wonder though how many friendships are never formed because judgments are made based on appearance, attitudes or the company they keep.
