We first met in Singapore in our early 20s before living together in Australia for a while. Our friendships blossomed then and continued to grow over the years, into one of those which we know will last a lifetime.
For a few years in the past decade, we all lived in different continents. The few rare times when we were in the same city, we would catch up over dinner and drinks. Our last few gatherings in the past five years in Singapore were all 9-hour affairs, lasting till the wee hours of the morning. With an interval of about 18 months between each meetup, naturally, there was too much to fill each other in.
Despite leading very different lifestyles and in different phases of life, we have so much in common and so much to talk about.
One thing we couldn't agree more is how we love being in our 30s. We used to think it was great being in our 20s, but life now is miles better.
We can only think of all the good stuff about being a 30-something year old modern woman. Not only are we more confident about ourselves and who we are, we love being ourselves. To have more experience with people and life in general means we are now very comfortable handling people from all walks of life and we can embrace whatever challenges that life throws us with poise and maturity.
Unlike a younger person who may be insecure about her own identity, we don't feel threatened or intimidated easily by others anymore. Neither do we feel the need to pretend to be what we are not. And because we know what we want/not want in and from life, we don't envy or feel jealous of others' successes. Instead we look for opportunities to grow positively all the time. We seek inspiration and we are much more positive thinkers now than we were a decade ago.
Interestingly, we all think we look better now than we did before, despite being years younger then. It must have a lot to do with the confidence and self-assurance that we have in us.
So for the rest of the evening, we toasted to everlasting friendships and years of good life to come.
3 comments:
I think that that's just so precious. Fewer best friends are better than a multitude of acquantainces... I love that I have friends like that too whom I can relate to and chat till the sun comes up even though we havn't met in months and months. We're really so lucky.
Oh definitely! I always prefer quality over quantity. Relationships take time to cultivate so I only invest time and effort on the people who are worth the while.
Life is too short to be pleasing everyone! True friendships are hard to come by.
I must admit reading this post makes me reflect a lot about my own life. Actually many of your recent posts are just brilliant! Thanks for the insight and sharing. I don't know if your readers have told you this already - this is such a great blog. Very inspiring in so many ways.
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