" it is true friends that shine through and these are the ones we keep for life." Simply Simon

Very well put!! I know when I stopped thinking about all the ones that I lost and started focusing on all the ones that I still had, my world got brighter! Not that I miss my friends from my past less..but I focus on my friends that are here in the present much more than I did before..I no longer dwell on the mistakes I made with those friends of the past..I took from those relationships both the good and the bad and I learned how to improve the ones that I have today so that I don't make those same mistakes that did before..and so I can keep the friendships that I have today..for a lifetime.