Friends

Today I was taught a very very very valuable lesson! And Thank you to my aussie friend (more like 2nd mother) for teaching it to me. Friends affect your life in so many ways, good and bad, they are there for you to spill out your problems to, to have fun with, to share lives with. A vital part of a good friendship is loyalty. I will say I am loyal to my friends in "real" life, but I am not the first person to stand up when they are being put down, I usually just let my friends sort it out but would I like it if my friends did that to me? I sure would not! I have learned that that is what friends do, it's what being a friend is all about.

And the same is to be said for online friends and is the main reason I am writing this post. I have become best of friends with a man who I met online- and don't worry it is a properly run, Catholic chat room and I do not give personal details, anyway one night this man was being put down andnot one of us in there stood up for him. He was deeply deeply hurt. I know if any of us was being put down he would have sorted them out, put them in their place..and what did we do for him? nothing! I admit I sat there and let it all pass over my head. But today my aussie friend showed me that friends are loyal, even if it is online there are still feelings involved, and even though I knew this man was hurt it never occurred to me that I should have said something, I should have tried to stop it! Well from now on I will not let anyone be put down when they did nothing wrong, it is not fair and it is not right to let it pass either!!