Post 4- Friendship

To be honest, when it comes to friendship I am so lucky. I never even really realized how lucky I was until recently. I've had the same 3 best friends since before I can even remember. The 4 of us have a bond so strong it is unbelievable. The thing is we are all so diffferent, that I sometimes wonder had I not spent every waking moment of my life with them, would I even be friends with them? The answer is probably not. The reason being that friendships are so fake. We tend to befriend people that are similar to us, people we can relate too. Then we form groups, and within that group we make up the "wierd people" the "popular people" the "sporty people", and so on. What I realized, however, is that these groups keep us from expanding our horizons. Which is why, in changing schools, I have been given the opportunity to not be grouped. I have friends from all sorts of groups. I have my Bishop's friends, my Peninsula High School friends, my 3 best friends from home, my LA friends, my sailing friends, my guy friends.. the list goes on and on. I prefer it this way, because I am not tied down. I can enjoy the company of all different sorts of people... rich, poor, popular, not popular, urban, beachy.. whatever.  

On being an Emmersonian friend, I've decided the best thing to talk about are my 3 best friends. Let me just start by saying how different we really are. One of us is blonde and ditzy and doesn't really care about school, doesn't really have any large ambitions, but easily goes with the flow. One is very smart, straight A student, Harvard bound, very cautious, and plays volleyball ALL the time. Another one is very dramatic, a dancer, hard-working, but when in a good mood a lot of fun. Then, of course there is me, a pretty laid back, but pensive person, who is extremely spontaneous, and loves to travel.  The 4 of us have been friends pretty much since birth, and honestly they know me almost better than I know myself. I have always been the most independent from the group in that I have never gone to the same school as them, and I constantly change my routine. Yet, none of this has ever put a damper on our friendship. I may be 2 hours away from them, but nothing has changed. Emmerson says that true friendship will last even if you don't see the friend all the time. I know that even though I haven't really talked to them this week, that we are still as close as ever. Our friendship is something, sometimes I don't even understand. I'm not usually comfortable in silence, for example, but with them I'm comfortable whether we talk or not. Sometimes one of them will call, and we'll just sit in silence for maybe 5 minutes, but it's just so comforting to know that I have someone on the other line. The 4 of us recently spent a weekend together in Catalina. Over the course of that weekend I never once thought about what I was going to say before I said it, never once held back for the fear of being judged, never once refrained from being who I truly am. It was one of the best weekends I have ever had. With them I am an Emmersonian friend, I didn't even need a day to experiment being one; I am one everyday.