The Beauty of Lifetime Relationship

Those who are rich in their friendship seem to be those who believe in lifelong relationship, who stay with their companions through thick and thin ,who weather the dry spells.

My uncle was 47 when his best friend died. His grief at friend's death made me realize what their friendship hadmeant to them for more the 40 years. they had grown up as boys in the same rural town. My uncle reflecting on their similarities,said:" Pant and I had a lot in common. ......and your aunty were the only girls either of us ever went out with, and we stayed married to them for more than 28 years".

At times the two men did not see much of each other because one or both were very busy , but there were hidden sinews of loyalty there.Pant always sent a bushel of mango to our house in the fall when his orchard was bearing, and my uncle would drop by Pant's nursery, where they would have long talk as they walked among the rows of shrubs.

But nowadays ......

There are people who are chronic failures at all their intimate relations and who are always on the move-jumping out of one friendship and into another relationship, Thinking all the time that the trouble has been their friends.They suppose that their hope for happiness lies in finding better people somewhere in the world. Often estranged from their relatives, they also carry on feuds with their neighbors and move from one marriage to another.

But consider , Sooner or later , You must learn to hang on when the going is tough ,to give even when your are not getting much.

(NHRK)