Kimaya Khurana - Week #9 - Just a Simple "Click"

Friendship is one of the most beautiful forms of love a person can give and receive, and one of the most unique experiences a person can admire.

I don't think I realized this till a few months ago, when I truly looked at the people I surround myself with, and genuinely questioning who I would be without them. Of course everybody values friendship, but I wonder how many people truly understand the power it can have. 


They get you in ways no one else can, and can be some of the only people a person can truly connect with. It's people who you make countless memories with, who you spend your 4 (or however many) years of highschool with before everybody goes their own way, a person you once had a class with, the person you meet at a random place at a random time yet has become so deeply engraved in your life. That’s the beauty of it, there are no guidelines or regulations to it. Its just the matter of a simple “click.” The thought of having a relationship, sure, has its ups and downs and can have its own feelings. But a friend is something different entirely which I wish had more credit. They can be the people who match you, who understand you, and who just get you. 


I don’t really want to use the phrase “power of friendship” since it's from “My Little Pony” and I think it runs so much more deeper than a childhood show, but I do want to emphasize the effect it can have. 


The power it holds can be so vast and expansive that no one truly knows how they feel about it until they actually sit down and think. Friendship allows someone to feel like their own safe place, or even the safety of home. It can have such a strong effect on someone and can go as deep as feeling homesick without them, or feeling lonely if they don't stay. Although this blog sounds so incredibly corny, its definitely important to think about at least once when you’re either trying to fall asleep or just in the shower.


    


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Comments

  1. Lemon TsuprykJanuary 21, 2026 at 7:18 AM

    “The power of friendship” is such a trite phrase that, in context of an APEng blog, it has circled back around to being a unique and interesting topic with plenty of potential. Something specific you wrote caught my eye: this idea that a friendship is “something different entirely” from a relationship. Are friendships and relationships really that different? A friendship is a type of relationship in its own right, and while platonic and romantic partnerships have their differences, I feel books and shows and pop culture overall have made the gap between the two much bigger of a chasm than it actually is. Speaking from experience, the best relationships start as friendships first, making sure the connection is more than just a brief infatuation.
    But yes, overall, I agree that there is not enough value ascribed to friendship in the way our society works. It is just as impactful, even when it ends. Habits remain after a friendship ends, just as they would after the end of a relationship making it difficult to move on; I still have some of my passwords set to old inside jokes my online friends and I made during quarantine.
    Being close with someone comes with both benefits and downsides, but there is hope that despite social media’s espousing of the idea that people don’t owe each other anything and that it is best to prioritize work, we will eventually circle back around to valuing genuine human connection. Your blog leaves off on a nice note; it is important to be grateful, and it is even more important to actually express that gratitude to our friends. In many cases, they probably don’t even know how much they really mean to us, and they deserve to hear it. Good job on your blog!

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  2. ClaireJanuary 21, 2026 at 8:48 PM

    We humans are social creatures and rely deeply on interpersonal relationships to thrive. I’d argue that the relationship between friends is the most important because, in the end, romantic relationships are optional; having friends is not. Friends exist to support and be supported—a symbiotic relationship of the best nature. How does the old adage go again? “Happiness is doubled and sadness halved when shared with friends.”

    Friends may come and go, but they never seem to quite leave. I write the capital letter “J” a certain way because of one of my old friends in elementary school (who I drifted apart from after we ended up in different schools). I like to drink milk tea because one of my friends (who moved to Chicago; I last saw her ~6 years ago) introduced me. Like tally marks, or maybe signatures, my life is changed just a little bit with each friend I make. Maybe the real blog comments were the friends we made along the way…

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