On long term friendship

A month ago, Omar Suleiman sort of broke the internet when he said that romance is a form of rizq.
It means that it's a privilege, and not everyone is guaranteed to have it.
The way some people are blessed with health/money/career/children/etc etc. Different people might have different pieces of everything.

What I want to talk about here is actually the rizq/gift of good friendship.

I'll be honest, I have never been the luckiest in this station but looking at how things unfold now that I'm older, I kinda am very lucky.
You know, there's a little piece of my heart that sort of dies whenever I realize me, and my old friends are growing apart.

Like when you talk and you just know somehow you cannot be as close, or your interactions cannot be as effortless as they once were. It is a natural thing of course.
We don't always get to grow older in the same environment, and somewhere along the way we figure out who we want to be. And often times, we go to different directions.

But right now, I still have those who have withstood years and years of being around me, listening to my rambles and all, but still I feel like we can always be THAT close, like we have always been.
Isn't it crazy how you are able to not talk to someone for 3 years or so, but you guys can always pick things up right where you left off, without any awkwardness.

I might not have many, but I know by heart they're good ones.
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Growing older, so many things start to break your heart.
I kinda feel like it's the shift of how I perceive things are the ones that leave the deeper marks.
Let's just say that as a muslim, I start to realize why Islamic teaching is the way it is.
Especially the one that says that world is nothing but amusement and diversion. 

But at the end of the day, I am still so glad that there are always pieces of reasons why I should go forward, but today I'd like to dedicate my gratitude to the companions I got along the way.
Especially those long-term companies who have seen me through so many phases in my life yet still choose to be by my side. And more importantly is that you genuinely care about my wellbeing instead of hyping me up despite the stupidity of things I thought of committing.