Friendships are so fragile.
We can take years to build a friendship, 
    and then it can die in minutes. 
    Another death by misunderstanding or inattention.

Some friendships can be started and ended within hours. 
    Ask your average teenager about that.

So how does this friendship stuff work?

Well, friends rarely start out right away as friends.  

Most relationships start accidentally.  

Let’s say you meet at school, 
    or in your neighborhood, 
    or on a sports team. 

Then you like the other person’s sense of humor, 
    or you find something you share in common.  
    Then you start hanging out together.  

All of this is really only the opportunity for a friendship.  
    We all get plenty of these opportunities.  

But to grow a friendship from any of these opportunities is the real skill.  
    
And it comes down to two things: 
        choices you both make, 
        and 
        trust you both build.

But once you have that real friendship happening, 
    take good care of it.  
    
It won’t be perfect.

But it’s one of the reasons you were created.