Dear Best Friend,
You don't know how tough it is for me to say the words "best friend."
After going through a roller coaster of a school life for the past ten years or so, I came across someone I barely knew of in high school. Someone I doubted I'd ever get close with in the coming years because we never had any classes together. A person so humble, quiet, and reserved--distancing herself from the cruel world and keeping her naivety intact.
It was after we realized we'd be attending the same university for the next four years, that we decided to go to the open house and orientation together in order to not feel left out.
We haven't had a class together (once again, a repetition of what happened in high school), yet we're already sophomores...how weird is that? You've put up with my rants, self-blaming phases, and both awkward and weird situations so well.
No matter how bad a day can be, you are the part that reminds me to stick with the thought that "this will pass by and I will be a stronger person tomorrow." What I like best about you is your honesty; you tell it as it is. You've never painted an unrealistic picture of any situation and have always looked past the obvious.
You search for details, you analyze them, and you help me get by. Now, many people aren't like that and would refute that life shouldn't be lived that way. However, I have to say that you have taught me so much about myself and my goals. You have given me your honest opinions on my writing, music, and career choice. When I stopped believing in myself, you poured a little bit of confidence on me to remind me that I am not, after all, useless and unworthy.
We have countless more memories and experiences to look back at in the future. I know this for sure. You are such a wonderful vocalist that karaoke with you always turns into one of those voice projects we always worked hard on back in high school. Although you procrastinate and stress on the inside, you always get your work done efficiently and somehow manage to cope with your busy schedule.
I am so glad to have found such an honest, caring, and generous friend. What I respect the most is your mature personality that allows you to avoid conflict and never do wrong to anyone. You have never stooped down to the level others around us have. You have never trash talked anyone and neither have you felt joy in doing so.
Do you know how hard it is to find people like that? You never make assumptions and you give chances to people, lots of chances actually. When you see a situation from someone else's (who can even be completely against you) perspective, you study the situation so carefully and that moment reminds me of how lucky I am to be friends with an intellectual who reminds herself of other people's feelings.
Thank you for giving me faith in humanity just when I thought of giving up and going back to my world full of loneliness! You are actually one of the very few people I look forward to seeing every day on campus!
P.S. I love our spontaneous outbursts of previously-practiced harmonies hehe.
Love,
Priska