Winds of Change (Friendship)

      In pop culture, we like to call the change of seasons from Summer to Autumn, the winds of change. Well ironically I think I experienced that winds of change metaphorically in my life. One day, I was laying down in a field of grass trying to relax before my next class. As I watched the trees and people pass by, I happen to have an insightful thought. Just as the apple hit Newton, I had something come to me.
     I noticed a large gust of wind blowing against a tree. Leaves from the tree branches started falling rapidly but as the wind faded, there were still a few leaves left on the tree. Realistically though in times of change, friends will also fall but true friends will still be left with you on the tree at the end of the day.

     Everyone has a friend out there. These are the people you greet when you encounter them. They are people you don't mind sitting next to in a room or on the bus.
     When something happens significant in your life, the best qualities of people will come out. When you move away from your home, you been dumped by your girlfriend or boyfriend or just haven't seen each other in a long time, true friends will become evident to you.They will take the time to visit you or just give you a phone call. They will care how you are doing and your well-being.
     My friend Justin went to a different high school than I. We have been friends since our toddler days yet this would be the first time, I would get to hardly see him because of different schools. We hardly got to see each other during the school year because of our busy lives. However, he always took the time every few weeks to call me and ask how I was doing. We always reminisce how our weeks went and talked about our favorite TV shows. We did not have a single friend in common but we always had each other. No matter the things that occurred in our lives, I know I will always have him there in my life. He is by definition a true friend.
     My friend Zoey and I went to the same junior high and high school together. We were such good friends and we spend a great deal of time together in the later years of high school. As we got closer to being college students and finally entered college, she changed significantly. She made new friends and left her old ones in the dust. Sadly, I am one of the friends in the dust. I tried to call/text her even though she was changing. Yet, I hardly got a response out of her. It made me truly realize she wasn't who I thought she was. She will always be just a friend.
     These people made me realize who are the true friends in my life. I challenge you to question who are yours. But as I write this, the winds of change are still occurring. So go out there and be one of those leaves left on the tree of friendship of someone you care about.