Have you ever noticed how quickly a banana goes bad when it is separated from the bunch? It can sit in a bowl for a week and be fine as log as it remains attached. The day you break off from the bunch is the end of your banana. That is the true picture of a person with no friends to lean on.
I recently went through the hardest thing I've had to endure (besides labor) and without my friends, I don't know how I would have gotten through it. I truly don't think your life can be fully prosperous without relationships.
I have had the opportunity to meet an amazing group of girls from my church whom I instantly clicked with. It was uncanny how the first night we hung out we laughed, cried, and all left saying this was "the start of something good". When my father passed they stepped in, watched my kids, made me food, stopped by (without an invite) just to see how I was doing and checked on me constantly. It was overwhelming, in a good way of course. How great is God to bring these women to me just a few months before I would need them the most?
I have also made a couple friends at work that are amazing. You would think you get sick of talking to the same person day in and day out but you have so much to relate to and it's like they just get it. You can vent about your day to them because they understand better than your spouse will. I'm grateful to have a job that I love and friends that make the time pass by.
And then there is my older group of girlfriends who all showed up and held my hand at my father's service. Now these are the girls who I have known for many years. They have seen my pretty side, my ugly side, my good side and my bad side. But mainly they have been by my side and still loved me just for who I was. I honestly thought since we all have had our children our lives have just gotten too far apart. But while I may not talk to some of them for months, at the end of the day, they were there.
So here's the thing, it doesn't matter if friendships are old or new, you just have to have them! When you go through life together, rather than alone, you can prosper and live a longer, fuller life. Just think of what kind of banana you want to be
