Too often, we are taught to believe that our soulmate is someone that we fall head over heels in love with. We are lead to believe that our soulmate is the keeper of our romantic love. The one that we will spend the rest of our lives with. The one that we will “ride or die” for.

Well, this isn’t entirely false.

Except, lately I’ve started to think that maybe our soulmates aren’t the ones that we choose to marry, or the string of on-again-off-again boyfriends that we once had. Maybe, our soulmates are our best friends. I’d like to believe that mine are. I’d like to believe that the people I will be spending the rest of my life with are the ones that have always been by my side; the love that truly has not altered.

We don’t really take much time to thank our best friends. Sure, we’ll tell them that we appreciate their support when we’re going through a rough time. We’ll give them a shout out on their birthday, and talk about how amazing they are. We’ll smile when they show up at our door with cake…But they do so many things for us that go unnoticed. Thank you for being there through all the heartache, all the breakups, and all the ones that we lost. Thank you for holding my hand during the laughter and during the tears. Thank you for giving me stability through this chaos that we call life. So this is a thank you to my best friends, the friends that became family, the love that has been there from the very beginning; my real soulmates. riends come and go in our lives and our tribe is always changing. It is like the phrase “for a reason or a season.” As you grow and change, so do the people you choose to surround yourself with.

At times, all your friends will mesh together well and then there will be times when you have to hang out with different groups at different times. We can’t always make pieces of different puzzles fit together seamlessly.

Friendships teach us a lot about ourselves, about others and about the way we view the world we live in. They are our support when we feel alone, those we laugh with over the most ridiculous things and shoulders to cry on when we need it most.There is no coincidence to the timing of when certain people come into or out of our lives. Good friendships, as we move towards adulthood, are the ones that no matter how much time has passed since we last talked, we pick up right where we left off.

Friends are our chosen family. Those we choose to let in. Those we choose to help. Those we choose to share in life experiences with. They teach us love. They bring light. They instill in us an attitude of gratitude. Choose them wisely. Hug them hard but when it’s time to let one go, cherish the time for what it was. Wait for what’s to come and see what beautiful friendships can be formed from it and the benefits it can bring to all your friends’ lives as well as our own for years to come.

Creating beautiful bonds with each other means the world to you because it is the family you’ve created, and it becomes the tribe you always wanted and didn’t know you needed in your life.

Join RISHIKA and SHIRSHA as they talk about their beautiful journey of thirteen years! Join us as we celebrate friendship and also call up all your friends