Friend vs Acquaintance

Friends vs Acquaintances

My great-uncle once said, “A friend is someone that you can go to with your problems.  Everyone else that you know is an acquaintance.”  Those words have stuck with me ever since.  Some people have a lot of friends and some just a few.  I am in the latter. 

I have been blessed throughout my life with amazing friends and acquaintances.  Some friends have been with me for decades; so have some acquaintances.  Some have gone from acquaintance to friend.  A few have gone from acquaintance to friend and back again.  Those are the tough ones.  It happens because we’ve grown apart, moved away, moved on, or been betrayed.

Whether the people in your life are friends or acquaintances, they are all in your life for a reason.