I wear friendships like clothing, to keep me safe and warm, to protect me. I want my friendships to match me and fit me and flatter me and help me on my way in life.
Some friendships are rather expensive, and require a lot of care, but they make you feel so good, while others are cheap and basic and only are kept around as long as they are needed.
I take care of my friendships because they take care of me. And if a button pops off, I will sew it back on, and I will wash what is dirty so that it lasts, but some rip and stain and can't be fixed, and just like how I throw away white shirts with bad spaghetti encounters, I will let go of a friendship that isn't working.
Some friends are for the wrong reasons. Just like the only reason you bought that shirt that was the wrong size and kinda a funny color was because someone else really cool had it, sometimes friends are only there as connections.
Sometimes people are lovely, but it just doesn't work. I have some friends that I adore, but just don't fit with anyone else. Like purple shoes, they are fun, but only every once in a while. They end up sitting in my closet. When I see a pink and yellow scarf or an orange poncho, I have to just pass it by, because they don't fit so easily in my life.
Friendships are for different times. I have different friends for working, playing and praying. But sometimes friendships get too tight or too stretched out and they don't fit.
Sometimes they don't feel right anymore. They could just be old, and you could keep them around, but there are better things out there, that fill a different need, and the old stuff just takes up space in your life. Maybe that friendship is a pair of boots, but then spring is here. Maybe it's like a corset, but you're ready to let loose. Maybe it's like a jacket you bought while you were traveling because you were so cold and you needed a pullover, but you're back home now, and you have something better to choose from.
Good friends are like bras.They support you and are close to your heart.
But every bra needs to be adjusted.
Some people have a messy closet with loads of different clothes for everything imaginable. I prefer to have a few shirts and a couple pair of pants that go with everything; that I can take anywhere.
Friends are like clothes. Don't go through life naked.
What's in your closet?
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