Somebody once told me that naming a friendship puts into it a jinx.
Maybe he was right.
For naming a friendship is maybe putting into it as well unuttered expectations, unchecked assumptions. Maybe naming it is jinxing it because it also means making it, us vulnerable.
But what if I say it does not really.
Ever heard of pet names?
Bossing, Yaya, Sunshine, Peklat, Huggiebear, bok, tsong.
I’ve got a few names in mind, and in retrospect, I have kept these friends with me for quite some time now. I have been able to transcend those unuttered expectations and unchecked assumptions with them.
Maybe it’s not at all a jinx.
Maybe it’s like a prayer, naming a friendship or a friend is like drawing graces near. For some, it may seem that it breaks it apart, coz in God’s grace; maybe it’s not yet the time. But at the end of the day, what it really does is it makes it even stronger, even better.
Siguro tama ang awit ng MYA…
For now, I shall EAT. PRAY and RUN, yes, run.
