This article has long been over due, but its high time I dedicate something to my friends.
Very few people understand what it is to have true friends. Regardless of the number of quotes they send you or the amount of time they are able to spend with you ,true friends are people who will always have your back, understand and accept who you truly are, will always make you smile when your feeling down, know from the look on your face that your depressed, open new horizons and make you see the world in a different light, they make you better, they will stand by you during the worst of times and not only for the best of them, and most of all they just make life that much more sweeter to live.

While we are all going about our lives, living and maturing we will all lose and gain many friends. Make and break bonds. Share laughter and tears. But the part that made you friends will always remain.. During the times you felt like you could relax and really be yourself, and you were laughing too much that it brought tears to your eyes, those will be the moments that enrich your life.

I'm one of the lucky few who was able to get to know wonderful people. They made me who I am today. May it be through direct or indirect ways, still they always had an impact. Some may not call me friend anymore but still I hold them close to my heart. They may not know it, but I will always have their back. Sure circumstances have changed and the degree of my friendship with some of them might be limited, still. "May pinagsamahan''

They are family and they are like extensions of who I am. When their sad I'm sad, when they're pissed I'm pissed, when they laugh I laugh. I miss so many of them terribly and I wish that most of the things in life weren't pushing so many of them away, but somethings can't be helped. In the grand scheme of things you can only do so much and then roll with the punches. No matter what, even if we didn't part ways in a good way, I always wish them well.

My friends are my saviours, my angels, my partners in crime, the best of the bunch, my intellectual equals, people who will laugh at the corniest of jokes, opinionated, sometimes rowdy, unique people out there. They made my life brighter... so I dedicate this article to them.

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One day I was ranting to my friend about my very sucky day. I admit my problem was at the most shallow, but the response I got from my friend just left me even more pissed off. After hearing about my problem she took a very long pause to reply, but all she said was..

"You shouldn't be so sensitive. You're better off anyway with having just THAT as your problem."

I was so angry that the person I was ranting to, the person I was hoping to take my side regardless of what my problem could have been, dismissed it like I just stepped on poo or something. At that point I was thinking all sorts of things... most of them along the lines of..

Better off??? Are you kidding me when I have to worry about A and B. I constantly have to keep C in mind.. I may not be worrying about world hunger but why is my problem any less important?

But when I woke up the next day I finally cooled down enough to see what she meant.
We all have our problems, and we all have our off days. But sometimes it takes a little effort to step back and see that sometimes your problems just aren't worth worrying over. Though we can't say that we should judge how big or small or problems are in relation to the problems of others, we should at least keep in mind that no matter how down in the dumps you might be, you might still be the one better off.

If your reading this online then your already more privileged then most people on the planet.
If you have a roof over your head and a clean bed to sleep in, then your already in the lap of luxury compared to most people living in the Philippines.
If you go to school and get a worth while education then you have a good chance of securing a bright future.
If you can eat when your hungry, sleep when your tired, take a bath when you dirty, sing when you feel like singing, cry when you feel like crying, dance when you feel like dancing, and just live life then believe me when i say.. YOU ARE BETTER OFF.

So forget about something that might be weighing your head or heart down. Sometimes they end up not being worth it.