Votos por la amistad. Gracias (Es-En)

Saludos a la hermosa comunidad @holos-lotus. Agradecer es una palabra bella, que tiene la virtud de dejarnos en un estado de bienestar y armonía. Por eso agradezco a la amiga @lilianajimenez que me inspiró con su iniciativa a escribir al respecto.

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Yo me considero una persona agradecida, porque a lo largo de mi vida siempre he preferido ver “el vaso medio lleno”. He asumido que tengo más razones para decir Gracias, que para quejarme.

Cada día hago este ejercicio, en ocasiones en momentos al azar, en otros al acostarme. Y, aunque repito que tengo muchos motivos, hoy quiero relacionarlos con la amistad.

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Hace unos días, mientras esperaba un transporte en el cual regresaría mi hija menor a la ciudad donde estudia, contemplábamos con calma y curiosidad a nuestro alrededor.

Nos reímos de unos niños que jugaban y corrían por el lugar. Era un grupo de niños de unos 5 años, se iban sumando hasta llegar a 4 como si se conocieran de toda la vida. Nos dimos cuenta que las familias no interactuaban entre sí.

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Esto nos hizo conversar, a mi hija y a mí, sobre la facilidad con que se conectan a esa edad. Los niños tienen una habilidad envidiable para hacer amigos.

No necesitan mucho: un intercambio de nombres, quizás de escuelas donde estudian y, si perdura, juegos en común, disposición de ceder temporalmente los juguetes y ¡listo! ya tienen amigos. Todos sabemos que de ahí pueden salir algunos para siempre.

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Luego, la forma de iniciar la amistad y conservarla se va complicando. Después de la infancia aspiramos a contar con una suerte de cómplice incondicional, aunque quizás se le exija algún don para que encaje en el grupo y lo convierta en alguien popular.

Es curioso que a medida que pasa el tiempo, cuando más se valora la amistad, resulta más difícil iniciarla.

Solemos extrañar a quienes perdimos por causas ahora triviales, por la diáspora y por cualquier razón temporal o permanente.

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Con internet reconceptualizamos lo que llamamos amigos. Generalmente sin siquiera haber visto el rostro, encontramos personas dispuestas a hacernos saber que podemos contar con ellas. Mientras más lejos los amigos, menos se les demanda.

Pero sin dudas es un motivo de agradecimiento cotidiano, porque nos provee de esa característica humana de pertenecer a un grupo, a una comunidad.

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Hay quien asegura que la calidad de vida en la vejez depende en gran medida de la calidad de las relaciones sociales con las cuales llegamos.

A veces solemos ser más duros con quienes tenemos al alcance de una llamada telefónica. Y lo máximo es tener a alguien a mano que nos escuche confidencias y problemas, sin juzgar y con soluciones viables.

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Las reglas para la amistad nombran en primer lugar la lealtad. Para socializar, basta salir del ostracismo y comunicarse. Sin embargo, me gusta el proverbio que reza algo así: Quien busca amigos perfectos, no tendrá amigos.

Estas relaciones nacen de la química, como se le adjudica también al amor. Sin explicación clara de un dar y recibir.

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Algunas son para toda la vida, otras vienen y van. La mayoría cumple una etapa de nuestras vidas, y no por esto debemos sentirnos mal, sino como si cumplieran un propósito temporal.

Yo opto por agradecer, por dar Gracias por todas estas personas que forman o han formado parte de mi círculo cercano. Escojo hoy honrar a mis amigos y amigas, sin importar la geografía donde se encuentren.

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English

Votes for friendship. Thanks

Greetings to the beautiful @holos-lotus community. "To thank" is a beautiful word, one that has the virtue of leaving us in a state of well-being and harmony. That is why I thank my friend @lilianajimenez who inspired me with her initiative to write about it.

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I consider myself a grateful person because throughout my life I have always preferred to see "the glass as half full." I have assumed that I have more reasons to say Thank You than to complain.

I do this exercise every day,sometimes at random moments, other times when I go to bed. And, although I repeat that I have many reasons, today I want to relate them to friendship.

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A few days ago, while waiting for a bus that would take my youngest daughter back to the city where she studies, we were calmly and curiously observing our surroundings.

We laughed at some children who were playing and running around the place.It was a group of children about 5 years old; they kept joining until there were 4, as if they had known each other all their lives. We noticed that the families weren't interacting with each other.

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This made my daughter and me talk about the ease with which children connect at that age. Children have an enviable ability to make friends.

They don't need much:an exchange of names, maybe the schools they attend, and, if it lasts, common games, a willingness to temporarily share toys, and that's it! They already have friends. We all know that some friendships for life can come from there.

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Later, the way to start and maintain friendships becomes more complicated. After childhood, we aspire to have a sort of unconditional accomplice, although perhaps some special talent is demanded of them so they fit into the group and make them popular.

It's curious that as time passes,when we value friendship more, it becomes more difficult to start one. We often miss those we lost for reasons that now seem trivial, due to diaspora, and for any temporary or permanent reason.

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With the internet, we have reconceptualized what we call friends. Generally without even having seen each other's faces, we find people willing to let us know that we can count on them. The farther away friends are, the less we demand from them.

But without a doubt, it is a reason for daily gratitude, because it provides us with that human characteristic of belonging to a group, to a community.

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Some say that the quality of life in old age depends largely on the quality of the social relationships we have when we get there.

Sometimes we tend to be harsher with those who are just a phone call away.And the ultimate is to have someone close at hand who will listen to our confidences and problems, without judging and with viable solutions.

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The rules for friendship list loyalty first. To socialize, it's enough to come out of ostracism and communicate. However, I like the proverb that goes something like this: He who seeks perfect friends will have no friends.

These relationships are born from chemistry,as is also attributed to love. With no clear explanation of a give and take.

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Some are for life, others come and go. Most fulfill a stage in our lives, and we shouldn't feel bad about this, but rather as if they fulfilled a temporary purpose.

I choose to be thankful,to give Thanks for all these people who are or have been part of my close circle. I choose today to honor my friends, no matter the geography where they are located.

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_{This post is original content created and documented by me. Photos are my own and properly credited.}