by Misty Beyer

Created on: January 13, 2009   Last Updated: January 31, 2011

Reasons from simple to complex, Day to Day life can change. In the mix of the hustle and bustle of life so many of us may get wrapped up into the task we seek out to complete.

Somewhere along the line's we may start to loose or may have already lost people that we hold dear to our heart's. Too wound up in what we think we should be doing, instead of taking the time to see what we are most likely missing out on.Bad communication between friend's can be a great connection killer.

There isn't a golden rule written that says you must be joined at the hip of every second of the day, For every day of your life.

Common sense alone can spell out for you, That if you don't at least try to keep in touch, Than you are signing a death warrant for a friendship that was in the works. You must make time for your friend's, Even if you feel there isn't any time. To loose a great friend simply over being too busy is just silly. You need this people and they need you. We all know what a friendship is about.

These are the people that make us laugh when we are down and out. They listen with a caring heart and show you that thing's could be worse than some of the mental baggage that you carry around. Through all the up's and down's that is why you need your friend's around. With all that being said you basically can figure out how to keep a friendship from a final plane departure
into the clouds. All you have to do is communicate with them.

If by chance you are talking about a falling out that may have changed your friendship in just the slightest way and you think the friendship has set sail. Well then maybe it was time to let it go. A good friend is in your heart everyday. If the relationship was meant to be.... It will be! If the falling out was your fault, Then my question to you the reader would be, "Why are you here reading this?" Obviously you feel like you need your friend and you want thing's to go back the way they were. I don't mean to be the reaper of bad news but situations are rarely ever the same. To give some hope on the other hand. You might just be able to make the friendship better. If you weren't the one that caused the falling out, Well I think I might have to say to you "I think you are the better person." Looking up an article on how to keep a friendship going and you weren't even the one that messed things all up. Kudos to you my friendly reader. It is apparent you want to forgive them. So again why are you here reading this? Get out of here! Go on! Go pick up the phone or hop in your car. Reach out to them, open your mouth and let the word's flow.

In the deepest depths of our beating heart's we know who needs to be in our lives. We know who we can really count on. No matter the reason on the "How" the friendship started wilting like a rose petal in a book. If you miss them and want to make things better between you. Make just one phone call and have a good talk.

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