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From the time of my first friend I have begun learning about life, basically what I like to do and what I am all about. Only when you can truly be yourself around a person or people is when you start to learn about yourself. And the thing is that what you did or what you or someone else did, when it comes down to it, you did it and no one else. No one else could feel the way you did or acted or reacted the way you personally did. That aspect makes it more unique than anything else. So many feelings have been felt by myself about other friends that it would be impossible to even sum up. A friendship is the only thing that can teach you some things about yourself, and others as well. .
Through friendships I have accumulated a very open-mind by allowing myself to really get into a person and learn what they are all about. When you learn a significant amount about other people and their lives, one can look back and reflect on your own life. I could never walk up to a person with my head filled with prejudgments. This is based on my own experiences with so many people where I might of met them thinking something in my head, but when I really got to know them I was so surprised because they turned out to be so opposite. I am grateful for the things I have learned from my friends because some people might never achieve that open mind, but that is only my unique personal experience. .
Many times I wonder how I met some of the people I did or did some of the things that I did with some people? My personal answer is that I believe that the people I met and things I did were all meant to happen for a reason that is unknown to me, but I do know that they were meant to happen to me and only me. Maybe I am being equipped with knowledge and experiences that will help me in my future life. Through my experiences with friends, a major lesson I learned was respect.