I don’t have many friends anymore.
No big fights.
No drama.
We just stopped meeting.
Sometimes I wonder
if something is wrong with me.
What would an ossan think about friends?
Ossan’s answer
An ossan doesn’t count friends.
He notices who remains
when nothing is happening.
When you are young,
friends are everywhere.
School.
Work.
Places you don’t go anymore.
As you get older,
friendship stops being automatic.
It becomes intentional.
An ossan learns this:
Losing friends
is not always loss.
Sometimes it’s alignment.
Some people were meant
for a phase,
not a lifetime.
That doesn’t make them fake.
It makes them finished.
An ossan doesn’t chase friendship.
He leaves space for it.
If someone fits,
they stay.
If not,
he lets the silence be respectful.
Friendship, like health,
is quiet when it’s real.
And loud when it’s forced.