Genuine Friendships
Having lived in three provinces in the last three years, my idea of friendship has changed a lot. Moving to a new place always comes with the sometimes daunting task of finding new friends. Somewhere along the journey I realised that a new place doesn’t necessarily mean new friends. Sometimes it just means new acquaintances, new contacts, and new opportunities for growth. In today’s post I’m going to be sharing five key things that I have learned about friendships, and how they have transformed my criteria for awarding someone that title. 1. Friendship is Not Proximity, it’s Presence Do you ever look back at your schooling years, and realise that you were only friends with certain people because you had to see them 5 days a week? Or that you were “friends” with someone because your friend wanted to be their friend, so you were automatically stuck with them? I’ve been there too! That is when physical presence kind of makes you believe that there is a genuin...