Changes in life...

Have you ever hung out with some friends and thought to yourself “so and so has changed”? I’m sure we’ve all had a moment like that whether it’s with childhood friends, everyday friends, co-workers, who ever it may be, you know what I’m talking about. I guess the question is, have THEY really changed or have YOU changed? Regardless of who changed, change is good right? Life experiences change us, think about when you went away to college and came home for the holidays and met up with some high school friends. Some of them changed and you still got along with them, probably because you went through the same experiences, while others still stayed like there were in high school and you just grow apart. Are the changes and experiences that we go through what actually brings us together and breaks us apart? I understand that we are all individuals with different experiences, stories, personalities and ideas, but don’t you think that within a group of friends you are all friends because you have a common thread? Or is it by default as in person A is friends with person B and person B is friends with person C so person A and person C are now friends? Do friendships like that last when it’s by default? Are you more likely to push through and make it work when it’s friendship by default or more likely to let it go?