Friendship in true sense of the word

Recently I meet up with some friends. Different places , different walk of life but the theme is the same. Religion and relationships.

It all started with one question “So what’s the single scene like?”
I was at ease when my friends have the same school of thought when it comes to relationship. We talked about why our recent relationship doesn’t work out.

My homeboys came with the same conclusion “regardless of how many good times, it hurts just the same when it ended.”

One of them is as objective as I am. “So it hurts and it sucks but you give yourself time and said what’s done is done. Move on. Don’t dwell upon it too much.” Yea we do have our time where we have our “weak moments” but we believe there are better people for us out there. It’s just a matter of time. I mean who can resist our wit, charm and outlook on life” (ok, bragging but heck I don’t care).

I believe with my new outlook, my friends took time to talk about religion. Regardless if they are Muslim or not. That’s what I love about them, the fact that many of them are third culture kid, adjusting to changes is easy for them.

I believe they took time to talk about religion to also see if I am the same Lyana that they know. Totally understandable.

Here’s what I know from the whole meet up. My ignorance towards my own religion is what keeps me humble. I believe in the authenticity of my faith but my progress and knowledge of my own faith is so little that I don’t dare to preach anything beyond what I know. Hence, I learned to listen more to what they have to say and their own understanding of religion.

One of them mentioned that a Muslim father said to a potential convert “You are a Christian and you will go to hell” and I just shook my head in disbelief. Thinking “Seriously sir?! What in the world are u thinking saying such thing?” and we both agree there’s a better way to pitch it.

After meeting my friends, I came back and sat down with my parents. I told them “You know, my friends have good hearts regardless of their walk of life and school of thoughts.”

I truly believe in that. To others eyes, they can appear to be blunt or daunting but to me they are great friends. I am thankful that I have diverse friends and the end we look only at one thing, how good we can be as a friend.