The Art Of Our Thoughts

The thing about socializing

Up until three years ago, I thought I hated socializing, I thought that having to mingle with people and keep up long conversations is stressful and hard. 

That changed over the years and I realized I like making friends, I like uncovering people and knowing who they are, knowing how they live their lives, who they live it for and what their dreams are made of. 

It's exciting, it's thrilling, it's like unwrapping a present and anticipating what you got, sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad, and sometimes it's perfect. 

And sometimes, if I'm lucky enough, I get to make a friend that doesn't get boring after a while. 

Let me clarify a bit more. 

When you meet someone, at first you talk non-stop, about everything and anything, because you literally know nothing about each other, but then after a while, you start talking less, you start going days without talking, and then they become a friend, but not a close one. 

That's different when you meet someone that later becomes a close friend. 

You start talking, you unravel each other's secrets, you learn about each other's fears and hopes and dreams, and you talk for days, weeks, months...years? 

The point is you never stop talking almost daily, you never fail to find topics to talk about, you never fail to make each other laugh. 

That's the beauty of socializing, is that you get to meet someone, that you talk to everyday, but every time it feels as thrilling as the first time you've talked. 

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Dedicated to: my currently broken phone that made me realize how important close friends are.

-S.S.