Sunday 1 November 2009

Wish You Well?

What does it mean when your good friends don't wish you well?

Don't misunderstand me. If you were seriously ill, they would be right there to support you, drive you to the doctor, pick up your medicine, make chicken soup. If your life fell apart, they would be there with advice, a shoulder to cry on, a vodka tonic, tickets to a play.

But if you do something well, if circumstances take a bright turn for you, if good things happen in your life, those same friends might suddenly go silent, disappear.

Why does that happen? Is it envy? Anger? Resentment? Why is it easier to be a friend to someone in need than someone who seems to need nothing?

It's something to think about. If you have an answer, let me know.

















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