Friendship: The Unwithering Bond
Lost in the sea of thoughts and analyzing memories that I shared with my friends, family or the people I care about, a wild notion occurred to me. This notion was based on a quote from “Dale Carnegie” book that stated:
If we want to make friends, let’s greet people with animation and enthusiasm.

In order to test the “authenticity” of this quote I decided to get in touch with my school fellow who I haven’t talked to in years. Heart throbbing, face perplexed, my conscience questioning my decision with every statement ending in “WHY”. However, I mustered my courage and texted my friend asking him how he was, passionately and just to make sure that he knew who I was, I added my name in the end of my text.
Waiting for his reply, I thought to myself ,“why would he reply me or even talk to me. He must be busy with people who really talk to him everyday and share their thoughts with him.” But to my surprise rather than replying he called me back. Our conversation started with a bit of hesitation but soon we were past that. Questions from both the raised like tides of tsunami, soon engulfing our differences and forcing us to discuss our past memories.

“Memories are like a box of chocolate, once opened,you can’t stop at just one”
As we walked down the memory lane,hysterical laughs echoed through my room forcing out my inner child that I had caged for so long. This was the moment when I thought to myself “how we humans act all tough and mighty yet our inner child always find an Achilles heel to let go loose once again.” After some time when our excitement settled down a bit, I started asking him about his family and career etc. Although at first he seemed reluctant to answer, but as our conversation continued, he grew more confident and started sharing his life experiences, as well as in my view, some of his secrets. I guess that this was due to the fact that rather than telling him about my life, I was more interested in learning what was going through his life.
With the passage of time as our conversation matured, despite talking after ages, it seemed like we just talked yesterday and right now it was the continuation of where we left. Soon it felt like I was an inseparable part of his life,who knew almost everything he had gone through.There were neither long pauses nor any sort of hesitation. However, what it was? “It was two old chaps speaking their heart out”.

Once our conversation was over, I pondered over the thought that “no matter how reserved or restrained a person be, he’ll always be an open book waiting for someone to read as long as there is enthusiasm and sincerity among them”
In the light of above conversation, I can say this thing for sure that Dale Carnegie is right about one thing that :
You knew by some divine instinct that you can make more friends in two months by being genuinely interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.