A lifeline in times of need

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There is a phrase that I picked up from Ginny and Georgia, and that phrase was Georgia telling Ginny that life is hard, but with that one true friend, life becomes smooth sailing. During these times that Georgia said this to Ginny, Ginny was an emotional wreck. And although she's got her mom (Georgia), whom she shared everything with, she just needed that one true friend, preferably her age mate, to lighten whatever burden that she was carrying.

In my personal life I have experienced the one true friend theory. It could be a sibling, a cousin, or a total stranger with whom you share no blood ties. Sometimes it becomes easy sharing some deep thoughts with strangers because there's just this feeling of wanting to protect those closest to you from certain ugly experiences of life.

Fine, our happiness, they say, is in our hands, and true happiness comes from self. Regardless, nobody is an island, and a tree cannot make a forest. Even an island has the beach and vegetation plus wildlife sustaining it, and that's where life becomes beautiful, given the experiences that we share with those we meet as we journey through life.

I was in a bit of a situation recently, and my family couldn't turn up as distance became a barrier. While the whole chaos was spinning like a tornado and spreading like wildfire, it never crossed my mind to call my friend who lived in the state.

The thing is we had recently had a falling out, and while I had texted afterwards to salvage the situation, I still didn't feel the issue was resolved enough to call him in such a dire situation.

So while I thought I had everything under control, I soon saw myself in a hot mess. The situation became so overbearing that at one point I actually felt fear creeping in, and just then, my friend appeared with backup.

Guys, the sigh of relief I heaved? As much as I was elated to see him, I was surprised, to say the least, and the word that immediately came out of my mouth was, "How did you find me?" He smiled and said, "Your sister called." Honestly, in that moment, words failed me and I became teary.

It never crossed my mind that this guy would show up or even assist me the way he did. With his presence my family was at ease, I was at ease, and in all honesty, he assisted me in ways that not even my family could, and when I got back, they won't stop questioning if such people still exist, and they do.

I have never been lucky with friends for a long time coming, which made life quite challenging. I guess that's because of my poor choices in picking one. Thankfully, social media has made connections easy; otherwise, how would an introvert like me be able to meet true friends? (Rolls eyes). Even currently my friendship net is not as wide because it is quality over quantity, and with my friendship style, less is more.

In all, I am grateful, grateful for the friends that turned into family and became protectors. Grateful that aside my family I have people who genuinely cared about me. I remember when I got in touch with my girls and one asked if I was ok, if I had enough money, and another was calling every minute. Truly, the concerns were genuine and Indeed situations they say reveal the true nature of those that we call our friends.