Trust

The ones who are bound to be your best friends must lose your trust just once to prove that they can win it back.

This line just hit me.

Sa isang pagkakaibigan, di maiiwasan na darating ang panahong susubukin ang katatagan ng inyong pinagsamahan. Kung gaano ninyo pahahalagahan ang bawat isa, kung gaano katibay ang paniniwala mo sa iyong kaibigan..

It pains to hear and accept the fact that the person whom you've trusted so much is the same person that would bring you down. The thought "of-all-the-people" would pop right away from your mind. The question "How could that person.." would leave you bothersome.

But that thinking won't stay for long if you won't nurse it and live with it. The good thing about friendship built on trust is that you would try to give each other's side the chance to speak up and listen to their side of the story. It is because no matter how grave the issue is, if you truly value the friendship, you'd look for ways to fix things up. Would you rather give up a year long friendship than an issue made from hearsays?

Sometimes, you need to feel the pain of getting hurt by a friend as part of testing how far you'll go on your friendship. Your trust may have been broken but that can be redeemed if the value of your friendship plays its part. Just be forgiving, be open, and accept that each of us makes a mistake. Mistakes can be corrected, can be avoided. Let the spirit of friendship move us.