A note in FB from a friend of mine makes me think. This is what she wrote:
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Why does a friendship ends?
Sometimes we think, “ah… she might be busy”
in the end, we didn’t call our friend.
Sometimes, we are afraid to disturb, and eventually will become indifferent about it.
And more often than not, we will start to think, “why am I the one who should call her? Why can’t she call me first?”
This is where the love in our friendship weakens, and in the end we forget about everything we’ve shared.
Communication is very important in maintaining relationship between friends, family, and God. That is my reason for sending you this note. As a prove that I have never forgotten about you
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What do you think? Is it true?
This is my opinion about this topic:
It is unfair, to blame ‘lost of communication’ for ending a friendship (or all kinds of relationship at that matters).
Communication is, indeed, important. However, it’s not the frequency that counts. Rather, it’s the feelings involved in the talk when you *finally* gets in contact, and the feelings that remains during the time you are apart.
Long-distance friendship (or all kinds of relationship) with very few contacts does works. This is especially proven during the time of war (forget about seeing each other, letters got lost more often than it comes).
The most important thing in a relationship is not communication. It’s respect, trust, and sincerity. You respect your partner to have her own life. You trust that she still wants to be your friend, and wouldn’t want to do anything harmful to you. You sincerely want to be her friend with all you have. Even when you seem to get nothing in return. Even when you both has changed so much you don’t seem to know each other anymore.
But that doesn’t mean that you don’t have to communicate at all. Afterall, all those feelings will be nothing if you don’t see/talk with each other in the end. In those time when your life has finally slow down a little, when you can’t help but briefly reminiscence of those happy times with your friend, never hesitate to do something about it. It doesn’t have to be a phone call. It doesn’t have to be a letter. A text. A “Hi!”. and a simple “I miss you” or “I hope you are well” is enough.
Indeed, it is hard to find a person, with that have those kind of feelings. That is why a lot of long-distance relationship fell apart. But when you *do* find that person, always have respect, trust, and sincerity ready on your sleeve. Because, in the end, the one who makes the decision to end it is yourself. You alone.
Don’t let it happen.
Let’s all treasure this feeling of wanting to be friends, k? ^^
~Asha, out!


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