Friendships

One of my close friends from college emailed this to me today and it really got me thinking.  Do you have anyone in your life that you used to be really close with and now that you’ve grown up and have “big girl” jobs and responsibilities, you just have lost touch?  Well, this is kind of what happened between me and my friend and after reading this poem, I immediately made plans for us to have a phone date to catch up this Sunday.

I encourage you to read this and remember to always say what you mean.  If you love someone, tell them. 

Around the

corner I have a friend,

In this great

city that has no end,

Yet the days go

by and weeks rush on,

And before I

know it, a year is gone.

And I never see

my old friends face,

For life is a

swift and terrible race,

He knows

I like him just as well,

As in the days

when I rang his bell.

And he rang

mine but we were younger then,

And now we are

busy, tired men.

Tired of

playing a foolish game,

Tired of trying

to make a name.

'Tomorrow' I

say! 'I will call on Jim

Just to show

that I'm thinking of him.'

But tomorrow

comes and tomorrow goes,

And distance

between us grows and grows.

Around the

corner, yet miles away,

'Here's a

telegram sir,' ' Jim died today.'

And that's what

we get and deserve in the end.

Around the

corner, a vanished friend.

Like I mentioned before…remember to always say what you mean.  If you love someone, tell them.

Because when you decide that it is the right time it might be too late...

Seize the day! Never have regrets! And most importantly, stay close to your friends and family, for they have helped make you the person that you are today.

RGL