Friends... when the shit hits the fan.

Have you ever sat back and looked at your friends and family, I mean really look at them. Look at how they treat you, look at how they treat others, and then look at your life as a whole. Have you ever looked around and thought to yourself if the shit ever hits the fan I know I can depend on all of these people in my life? Most of you cannot say that. Most of you think you know the people you are friends with but do you really? Sometimes it takes going through a pretty bad moment in your life to realize just who has your back and who doesn't and after that happens and you lose all of your so called friends you learn how to pick them. You learn the qualities you are looking for in a friend. You learn who is worth your time and who just isn't. They say that is part of growing up... and at the time when you feel all alone and lost it really sucks. But in the end you are stronger because you survived. I look at the friends I have in my life at this very moment, and I realize how different they are than the friends I thought I had before. Facebook is so kind to remind me of the friends that I have lost with the "on this day" posts but I no longer look at it as a bad loss. I look at it as how much better my life is without that kind of negativity in my life. I look at it as the bullet I dodged losing that person or persons as a friend. I am at peace with it... Because in the end, looking at it now, I am surrounded by some strong amazing people. People who see my flaws and love me anyways. I don't have a ton of friends, but the ones I do have count. The ones I do have can know that when the shit hits the fan I will be there by their side, doing everything I can and then some.