Day 10: Your Best Friend
30 Days Writing Challenge
Who is a best friend?
Someone who has always been there for you, be it in moments of splendid happiness or endless sorrow.
Someone who knows a lot of your secrets, and is willing to take them to the grave with them.
Someone who keeps checking if you are doing okay.
Someone who keeps reminding you how far you have come and celebrates it with you.
I could go on and on…
I don’t have one best friend. I have many. The relationship with each one of them is unique and special in itself.
There were times when I couldn’t talk about anything but how bad my life was. I would just ramble on, repeating the same irrational thoughts and my friend would listen. Not hear, but listen. I would cry on call, and they would console me.
I remember sometimes I would feel so worthless that I would just shut down from the world. No Instagram, no WhatsApp, no Facebook. And still, my friends would somehow reach out and make me talk and make sure I’m okay.
One friend of mine traveled 500 km just to visit me when I was at my lowest point.
Some friends would come to visit my place when I refused to go out. They would sit with me and talk about random things, funny things, just to cheer me up. They would make plans just so that I could get out and change my environment for a while. They would gift me books and energy bracelets to heal me, they would go to my favorite places to eat, visit my therapists with me, and a lot of other stuff…
There are times when you feel so worthless, useless, defective, and hollow that gestures like these can make you rethink a lot of things about yourself.
To all my friends reading this, I am blessed( not by god, obviously) to have you in my life. You have played a huge part in helping me become a better person. I honestly cannot be grateful enough. Sometimes I am not good at showing how grateful I am, but trust me. No matter how big you fuck up in life(it’s inevitable), I will be there for you, Always.
To all the good memories ahead of us..🥂
The Curious Overthinker
Sarthak Mirchandani
