I have just returned from a wonderful dinner with some great friends and am left with this revelation:
You never know who your best friends will be, so it pays to be friendly to everyone and to give everyone a chance.
Some context: I started a new program four years ago and at that time, I judged many of my classmates very early on, trying to weed through to see who would make the cut and be worthy of my companionship (snobby I know, but everyone did the same). But boy did this not pan out! Initially I looked out for whom I thought were 'good' people- people who shared similar values to me and seemed most agreeable. I remember meeting a number of people who didn't meet my initial criteria and I wrote them off.
Four years later, who has stuck? Not the goody-two-shoes I had had my eyes on (thank goodness), but those who I originally thought had too many flaws and differences. Turns out it is these people who are most loyal and who were always there when I needed them most, which happens to be the times when my flaws were most exposed.
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