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27 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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In this reflective monologue, the speaker explores the essence of true friendship, emphasizing the importance of surrounding oneself with people who are kinder, more generous, and more forgiving rather than merely smarter or cooler. The speaker advocates for appreciating these friends as teachers, listening to their insights about oneself, and cultivating deep trust—described as the hardest yet most rewarding aspect of relationships. The narrative acknowledges that relationships and life can suffer damage, but also that life often reorganizes itself in surprising, compensatory ways, leading to personal growth. Ultimately, the speaker questions the nature of happiness, portraying it as an extravagant, fleeting state that is difficult to define and maintain, yet still a central pursuit in the human experience.

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You won't understand what I mean now, but someday you will. The only trick of friendship, I think, is to find people who are better than you are. Not smarter, not cooler, but kinder and more generous and more forgiving. And then to appreciate them for what they can teach you and to try to listen to them when they tell you something about yourself, no matter how bad or good it might be. And to trust them, which is the hardest thing of all, but the best as well. Things get broken and sometimes they get repaired. And in most cases, you realize that no matter what gets damaged, life rearranges itself to compensate for your loss. Sometimes wonderfully. You were treated horribly. You came out on the other end. You were always you. But what was happiness but an extravagance? An impossible state to maintain, partly because it was so difficult to articulate.