Dear Friends, It’s About Quality, Not Quantity

April 15, 2015 | Posted at 11:34 am | by Nkongho (Follow User)

Dear friends,
 

As a child, I always believed in quantity over quality when it came to everything. Quantity in material possessions, quantity in skills and quantity in the company I kept.
 

I would like to thank you for allowing me to trust in the quality of your friendship over the quantity of other “friendships.”
 

Of course, this revelation didn’t happen over night.
 

I had to learn that having many friends and acquaintances did not mean that everyone had my back and did not mean that everyone saw me as a “friend” the way I saw them. Naturally, my experience helped alter my opinions.
 

The true-blue few friends I have today show me what it truly means to call someone a friend. Tears are welcome, frustrations are encouraged and 3 a.m. emergency phone calls are always an option.
 

So, thank you friends, for showing me that friendship is a two-way street, and encouraging me to seek out those relationships that are more meaningful than bountiful.