Interesting thoughts from The Dust of a Contact That Is Everywhere by Raymond de Borja and December Fan: The Buddhist Essays of Manshi Kiyozawa trans. by Nobuo Haneda.
Friendship is difficult and those we fight hard for don’t stay long. I’m talking about Rem Tanauan.
I have a plethora of acquaintances but a shortage of real friends. But this is the hard reality of a manañgili. Home is always elusive—moving with the horizon. Always a horizon. The more I accept this, the calmer I could be and the more I will cherish the friendships that I have.