My Best Friend

Friendship is one of the most important and valuable things in our life. It is based on the simple rules of trust and honesty. A true friend is a person that we can always count on when we face challenges and serious problems. He or she always offers a shoulder to cry on in case something wrong happens, but it often takes time and patience to build a strong friendship and achieve trust between two soulmates. In my case I have one best friend with whom I feel relaxed when I talk to her, and I would never wish for anything else because she is the most wonderful person in my life.

As a child I used to be an introvert person. I was always shy and hardly spoke up, or let myself be recognized. Therefore, I did not have the opportunity to make good friends at that period of my life. As soon as I went to the university, god sent me a lovely person that I would never forget. That person is my best friend Fadhila. She has been my best friend for twelve years now. From the moment we met, we found out that we were much similar to each other and we have a lot of things in common. We went to the same class, we shared the same room in the dormitory, we went shopping and watching movies together, laughed together, did our homework assignments and projects together, shared all kind of secrets and even we went to each other houses and spent days there. Fadhila was really cool and very well behaved girl, and she has never been into any trouble, and this is why we immediately bound together as friends.

I have always had a hard time learning how to trust people. The one person I found that I could trust with everything was my best friend Fadhila. I could always speak to her whenever I wanted to. I told her my deepest darkest secrets and knowing that all my secrets would be safe with her and nobody would find out unless I told them. Fadhila is more than a friend she is just like a sister that I never had. She understood me and lent me a helping hand and a shoulder to cry on more times that I would like. Fadhila is the kind of friend that everyone needs to have in their life, and I am very lucky to have her as my friend.

In fact, even the strongest and powerful friendships can be laced with tensions and conflicts as are most human relationships. I remember one day we had a small misunderstanding about a small conversation between me and Fadhila, which turned our relationships into a big disagreement, and we stayed a whole week without speaking to each other. Since we came from different region, we have two different dialects. So, what made her angry about me was that I disrespected her by telling her to stop talking loudly because I was concentrating on my studies. She misinterpreted what I said, and she was very offended by it. After that, I realized that may be I said something wrong which made her upset. When I noticed that she was ignoring me, I was very sad and I cried a lot because I did not want to lose my three year friendship with my friend over a word she misunderstood. Fortunately for us we got some help from another friend who tried to expose and resolve the conflict between us. I remember both of us apologized, cried, and at the same time we recognized how strong and deep our relationship was. Even though this small conflict caused us some harm from one hand, but on the other hand it made our friendship deeper and stronger.

Having Fadhila as my best friend has made me into the person I am today. She has taught me how to trust people and how to open up and express my feelings. Today we are still friend even though we are married and we both have children, she is still the one I call every time when life seems so unfair and we can talk on the phone for hours about everything. I am truly lucky to have her in my life. She is the best person I have ever known, and I admire her patience and understanding.

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