My 3 a.m. friends

Today I got back in touch with an old friend. It’s quite difficult for me to explain the joy in my heart right now....words are not enough to express the gratitude I am feeling.
One thing I have learnt from life is that good friends don’t come by easy...
Another thing I have learnt is that even good friends may drift apart. This doesn’t mean that you have stopped caring for each other or have become indifferent. It usually just means that you have some other things going on in life which are keeping you terribly busy and you don’t have enough strength left in you at the end of the day to drop a casual “Hi” to each other. To top it all, once you tie the knot and become “double” free time is hard to come by. Life is so hectic with work and stress that you at times struggle to spend time with even your better half. Times like this its quite difficult to check up on your friends and make them feel cared for and thought of.
But the true beauty of these “Good friends” is that they don’t need a constant reminder that you think of them everyday. These are the few people with whom you feel bonded and connected even if you talk to them after months or maybe even years, like in my case. These are those selected few with whom you don’t need to converse everyday, yet when they hear your voice they know exactly how you are feeling....they know your worries and they know your pain...they feel your joy and they share your pride....
I feel blessed to have a few such people in my life....they all know I am not very great at staying in touch or making them feel connected to me....I might drop in a casual “hi” once in a while. I hope these people know all the emotions that I connect with just that casual greeting. I hope they know that I think of them every single day, at some moment or the other....and that I feel blessed for all those moments when I could be with them at the time of need and that I equally regret all the moments when I could not be there.