INTIMATE CONNECTIONS

"Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back."
--Blaise Pascal
People, in their natural way of thinking, tend to socialize with other people, and more appropriately, they tend to find people who enjoy and practice similar interests in life as they do. Moreover, as humans spend more time with the people they like to be with, they pour themselves out and create this some sort of intimacy between them. Furthermore, they establish this bond in which we fondly call "friendship" and in short, do things with each other more often than before as the days pass by. However, we dwell in this land of imperfection, and in conclusion, we tend to err sometimes. Regarding friendship, we sometimes notice that our friends suddenly become kind of unappealing due to his or her actions and moreover, his or her thoughts. We sometimes don't want to tell our friends about our observations because we don't want to hurt their feelings: therefore, as a means of giving ourselves relief due to all the pent-up disappointment, we keep secrets behind our friends' backs. Personally, I think that this is rather a bad thing to do due to the reason that our friends might become clueless of what we have in our minds and as a result, misunderstanding can arise. In summary, we need to be true to our friends, so that the bond that lies between you and your friends stay strong for the rest of our lifetime.