Throughout college you make friends and some come and go but the ones who stick around are the best friends you will make in life. The friends who come and go are the ones that only have friends for their own convenience and are self-centered. The friends that stay around are the true friends who care about you and value the friendship you share with them. These friends are the ones who appreciate who you are and honor the friendship instead of just being friends just to have someone to go out to the bars with on the weekend. I think that Tracy Lawrence's song, "Find Out Who Your Friend Are" sums up my thoughts of friendship pretty well. As I was reading through the lyrics to the song I found that I could connect my own experiences to his song. I have met people throughout my senior year of college who I know will become lifelong friends and I have had friends from freshman year that I learned are not true friends. It took me stepping outside of my comfort zone and volunteering in the newsroom to make new friends but after we got to know one another we just continued to strengthen our friendships. In Tracy Lawrence's song the chorus struck home for me:
"You find out who your friends are
Somebody's gonna drop everything
Run out and crank up their car
Hit the gas, get there fast
Never stop to think 'what's in it for me?' or 'it's way too far'
They just show on up with their big old heart
You find out who your friends are"
-Tracy Lawrence
We all go through the good and the tough times but it's the
friends who are left standing next to you through the tough times that are the
friends who will always be there for you.
Growing up, you have numerous experiences when you learn who those true
friends are and it's a constant learning experience of who you can trust and
count on and who you can't trust or depend on.
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