A friend is always a friend?
Greetings dear reader friends, today I am going to tell you about a subject that seemed appropriate to me. All this after having read a story that I am going to tell you.
It happens that there were two friends who had known each other for many years and were used to give each other their sincere friendship.
They grew up together and in college they behaved more than just as friends, they were like brothers. One day they decided to take a trip, they wanted to get to know the desert area and in what better condition to do it but with the presence and mutual support of both of them, they both wanted to know the intricate routes of the desert area.
They prepared to make their journey and went into the place prepared with compasses, food and water. Just relying on their luck and the support the two friends gave each other, but as the day wore on, things went off course. They are inexperienced, lost their way and the inclement sun seemed to take away their spirits.
At first the need for food and water was not very demanding, but as the day wore on and the sun embraced them and they failed to reach their destination. They began to worry.
The day passed and they faced the onslaught of the desert weather and after two days they were both very irritated. They were already arguing often, blaming each other.
To the point that in a moment of heated argument one of them hit the other one's face hard. The friend who was the victim of the blow of the other still hurt by the blow received wrote in the sand....
"my best friend gave me a hard punch".
They kept on walking and met new obstacles and the hit friend fell into a swamp, without realizing it was quicksand and the friend tried in every way to rescue his best friend who was sinking in the swamp, he put all his effort and with his last strength he succeeded! He pulled his friend out of the swamp.
When he came out of the swamp and was rescued, he looked for a rock and began to write on it...
"My best friend has saved my life today".
Seeing this the other asked him...
"Why did you write over there on the sand and here on a rock?"
To which the friend replied...
"I wrote there on the sand because when a true friend offends you this offense must be forgiven as the breeze erases the footprint in the sand but when that friend does you a great favor it must be written on the rock never to be forgotten".
The friends came out of the desert and their friendship was tested and preserved.
But does this happen in real life? I don't think so. I have seen how many people are publicly acknowledged for the offenses they have taken against a friend but I have never heard those people shout into the wind when they are entertained by that friend.
Many times we act impulsively and do not realize that we should thank our friends for their many ways of showing us their friendship and when the opposite happens and we feel offended we should be able to forget the offense and forgive in order to maintain the good relationship.
At one time I myself did not know how to see the value of some people who offered me their friendship and later when I was offended repeatedly, I no longer felt interested enough to keep the supposed friendship. I decided to break the friendship because I considered that the offenses were becoming more and more frequent and began to overshadow what had been a beautiful friendship.
I think they are two different cases. Feeling that in one opportunity we are offended and we forgive and forget it in honor of the friendship, another case is when the friendship starts to deteriorate and the other person thinks he can offend as many times as he wants because he knows he will be forgiven.
I decided to break with the friendship and I broke with the relationship of years. I preferred it rather than continue to feel that I would be hurt again. I think it was my best decision.
Sometimes we are ungrateful with the people who help us but in other opportunities we have to get rid of a bond that more than friendly seems unhealthy because of the mistreatment to which we are exposed.
Thank you friends for reading and I hope that as always I can read your comments and opinions on this matter.
Friendship is the most wonderful relationship in the world for me cause there is no arrogance, selfishness.We can share everything with our friends