Friendship (Week 8)

Friendship should be built on mutual trust. Friendship isn't judged by benefits. It exemplifies Aristotle's friendship of usefulness. I should have known. If people aren't congruous, they shouldn't feign and compel themselves into a friendship. Friends who are merely pretentious and insincere shouldn't be trusted. When friends no longer share secrets with each other, when friends don't support each other, it's time to end. There's a limit for everything. We just can't cross people's bottom line. Once it's crossed, inevitably, we become exasperated. Recently, I start to contemplate the real meaning of friendship. A friend of mine told me a pathetic story. I was inspired, which made me ponder my own plight. I realized that I shouldn't have befriended her while she didn't deem me as a real friend. If all she cares is academic work, then go for it. My life will be colorful and iridescent, and it's not all about GPA, college, and SAT. My life is determined by the decisions I make. I was no longer the timid girl three years ago who could hardly adapt to the new environment. I make my own choices.