People and Friends

Some old friends came down today. Its funny that I am gaining  back all my friends with whom I never kept in touch with, since leaving college. I must have barely called them once or twice during the past year but when we met up its like we never lost touch. The same old friendliness and joy.
But I am slowly losing all the guys with whom i used to keep in touch. To add cynicism one might say ‘ Familiarity breeds contempt’. When you look at things or people from an outsider’s perspective it looks much different than when you are involved in that given situation.
Khushwant Singh once said that he never got close to people because he did not want to get hurt. But that is really an escapist idea. Its like not going outdoors just because one is scared of the sun. In today’s world it is just impossible to live without interacting with people. And it is highly possible that one will get close to some people. And Life does not judge you by how many people you are close to rather how you deal with them.