Like the title says, the best friends come into your life when you least expect it. There will always be those people where you look back and wonder how they became such a big part of your life. There may not be a defining moment when they changed your life, but you remember every detail of your lives together. I know I can recall details from when I met some of my best friends. When someone means that much to you, the moment you met is a hard thing to forget.

I found my best friends at the most random of times, mainly during times when I was focused on trying to become friends with someone else. The people that I was focused on never really became my friends. I became blinded by the want of knowing them that I did not realize that they did not want to get to know me. But when I met my best friends, it felt effortless.

There should be no excuse for friendship. No one should be friends because they feel forced to. It's also hard when you don't feel forced with someone but later you find out that they do. I knew people who have come up with excuses as to why they couldn't put 100% into our friendship. That isn't the way it's supposed to be. There shouldn't be any limitations.

Throughout my life I always had trouble stepping back when my "friends" made those excuses. I thought that it was because I wasn't trying hard enough; I thought that I didn't put myself out there. It's easy to put walls up after this happens multiple times. When I met the people that I knew I belonged with, the walls came down easy, and I've never regretted it.

My best friends; the girl I am always comfortable around, the guy who puts a smile on my face, my college roommate, and the girl that can quote movies like no other. They all came into my life when I wasn't looking. Our relationships are uncomplicated. They understand me like no one else does. We're not one big group. I've met them all at different parts of my life and they complete me in different ways. I love all of them.

But if I went back to the moment I met them, I wouldn't change anything. It was because they were unexpected that I grew so close with them. Because I wasn't looking, I didn't find them. We found each other.

"The greatest gift in life is friendship, and I have received it."
- Hubert H. Humphrey