I had lots of friends. Some of whom I have known all my life, some I’ve been with since I was six. Being the kind of person that I am, I treasure these friendship. Some of them are so far away, some of whom I been far away from that I haven’t heard or seen them for more that ten years already. For some it would be like very long years. Indeed it is. But for me, it was just like yesterday. I remember.
For a while me and my friends, long lost and all, have connected. Somehow, somewhere in time, ours souls have touched. We laughed and cried together. Shared secrets and dreams. Stared at the midnight sky and wished upon those countless stars.
Sometimes its kinda depressing thinking of those happy days being with my friends. All those cherished memories of elementary, high school, college days and in betweens. I don’t think I can ever have those childhood happy memories being with my friends in and out of school.
Me and my college buddies used to say ‘siraan ng buhay”. Just to be together, over some bottle of what ever liquor we can afford, we tend to forget what we have to do, our assignment, our priorities. We’ll go to tagaytay or caliraya in the middle of the night to have tequila or anything, not worrying about research paper deadlines, homeworks, or exams the following day. We knew then that it was things like this wont happen all our lives. It was only then, given our four years of college, five years for me though. We had our time, we cared less about anything but being with each others’ company, happy and emotional we may be especially after too much drinks. But mind you, we all graduated, one being cum laude.
We still see each other, though not that frequent like before. We have been very busy, some became medical doctors, some have graduated with their masteral degrees and on their way to their phd’s, some being busy and apparently excelling in their chosen fields.
I remember asking a friend one night while staring at the stars about 10 years ago, “ will we be seeing each other five or ten years from now? Will we still be the same?” I wasn’t expecting an answer for such a silly question. It was a beautiful night and we were having some really good time. But my friend said “of course we will. We will make it happen. What ever we turn out to be, we will make it happen.”
I believed her. As if some sort of affirmation, I said to myself, “we will make it happen”. We will still be seeing each other, just like the old time’s sake. We will laugh at each other over some bottle of beer, just like before. But as I grow older, my priorities changed, and so were my friends from long ago. That friend that said we will make it happen, I haven’t seen her nor heard anything from her for more that seven years already.
I live my life each day at a time, enjoying every bit of it, because I don’t believe in second chances when it comes to happiness. If I have the chance to be happy with some friends, I grab it right away, don’t have to reschedule it tomorrow or next week, even to the point of jeopardizing my career. Its lame, I know, but that’s how I enjoy life. Happiness is my ultimate goal, and being with my friends is where I find much happiness.
Carpe diem, ce la vie. Life is too short to spend on worrying and solving problems. Be happy, and life will be very easy, with the help of some friends.
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