Learning Curve

So I spent last night thinking about my life and about all the friends that have come into my life. I thought back to when I was a child and my impressionable years. I thought about all the good friends and all the friends who were just a friend at the moment. I thought about all the people who I thought were my friends. I used to believe that the more friends you had, the better a person you were. Then reality struck and I realized that real friends are not counted in numbers but who is really there for you through all your good and bad times. I am so lucky that I have found my true friends in the last couple years. I have friends from my high school days I talk to here and there via the web. I have friends who I met when I was in college who have become Internet friends. I have friends I met living around town who are still part of my life but are busy with their life's. Then there are those magical friends you experience everything with and you wake up every day thankful you have met them. Those are the friends you plan everything with, who are an integral part of your existence. I can say I am fortunate and love them. They are my reality and they are my family.