The Importance of Human Connections

Now that I have reached five months of leave,
I have had the time to carefully face the friendships I had been too busy to look at, allowing me to calmly sort them out. By successfully distancing myself from some, I feel a great sense of relief, as if a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.

I have realized that true friends—those you can call best friends—are not just people you can face and talk to openly or spend fun times with, but those who stay by your side especially when things are truly difficult.

Just because you have spent a long time together, calling someone a best friend feels too shallow and the word feels light.
I also realized that relationships where I couldn't consider them a best friend and felt some dissatisfaction were just toxic ties.

It is thanks to having many such friends around me that I was able to realize the importance of quality over duration.
I had a wake-up call when a friend who had been far more considerate in their words and actions than the friend I previously thought was my best friend showed me what true care is.

I think the shock was greater because I had expectations of that toxic friend.
I am also at fault for having expectations on my own, and since everyone has their own circumstances, I feel this might be my own selfishness. However, at the point where we couldn't support each other during tough times, I realized that although she often unilaterally called me her best friend, the 'best friend' she spoke of was such a shallow relationship, and I felt a difference in our values.

Seeing friends who don't just say it, but put it into action, I think this was a good opportunity to reaffirm who I should cherish and value in the future.

I can feel that my life is now overflowing with people who share the same values and cherish others, so just as the law of attraction suggests, I am relieved to think that
this might be the result of me properly cherishing the people I should.

I feel that being able to spend this important time rethinking various things because of my illness
is a shortcut to a full recovery.

Having people who understand and get you is
such a wonderful thing.