au·then·tic – adj [ LL authenticus, fr. Gk authentikos ] a: worthy of acceptance or belief as conforming to or based on fact, b: not false of imitation…
So I am having a perfectly nice lunch today and someone drops a bomb on me. Someone who I thought was my friend may possibly be more of a ‘frienime’ than that of a true friend. Is it that people change, or do you just miss judge their personality and/or probity? Are they really an authentic person, or just a façade? I mean I understand that we all may say things from time to time about those that we really do care about; gossip is a dirty yet real piece of life. However, there comes a time when you need to evaluate friendships new and old. Is this friendship really worth it? Do I get gratification from having this person in my life? Can I trust this person? But seriously, I have only known this person for a little over six months. Could I have possibly gotten to know this person, the real person in that short of a time? I doubt it.
The lesson here, because there is ALWAYS one, is that I really need to be more selective when choosing who to befriend.
Someone once told me, or I read somewhere (I can’t remember) that “Friendship is as delicate as glass, once broken it can be repaired, but there will always be cracks.”
