I flow in dynamism and transformation, along this path called life, I accommodate myself to the coming and going of the symbology of social relations, with encounters, but also of misunderstandings, in the inquiry of glimpsing and cultivating my essence in connection. I am an accumulation of meanings in construction and perennial reconstruction, flashes of my human ecosystem, nourished by my behaviors, values, and beliefs, exchanged in an infinite framework of facts that impregnate and permeate my doing, in order to be. This is how I present myself to the otherness, with the others, spruced up with representations and emotions, in need of collectivity, to access and feed myself in the symbology of different ways of thinking and acting, but also to contribute in the interaction.

I am not the exception, I have also had to distance myself from some friends at some point, to preserve my physical and mental health. I will talk to you in context. I met in my early professional practice, a very friendly and pleasant sociologist, she was part of my health team and we shared considerable time in our activities. I identified with her sensitivity and motivation. It was comfortable to talk to her, she was understanding and attentive. Empathy was evident, we passed the threshold of work to go to the personal field, and friendship flowed easily. Thus we moved in harmony and tuning, in the work and personal areas, also sharing our families. I had to take on new responsibilities, and we drifted apart at work, but it did not affect our friendship. They were years of a meritorious relationship, of strengthening my identity, of mutual support, a true bond of light, which increased in the interaction of knowledge, contributing to my perspective, considerable value. I would be ungrateful if I did not thank her for her transit through my existence, much to recognize.

The factors, weak and petty actions, lacking honesty, that began to erode our friendship, using my condition as a doctor, to obtain favors and strengthen their relationships with other people. This scenario has an analogy with a popular saying (proverb), in my country, Venezuela, that says: "To gain indulgences with someone else's scapular". This was really the situation and in me, negative emotions did not take long to make an appearance and visited me assiduously, anger knocked at the door and the contrariness accompanied it. I tried to flow, out of "complacency", to pretend that nothing was happening, but I also failed, I recognize my fault, I did not know how to handle the situation from the beginning, and I erred by not handling sincerity properly at the time, by setting limits, clumsily although I moved in the recursion in my thoughts, I could not find the words to express myself.

With each passing day, the frequency of his demands increased and made it difficult for me to keep my schedule and activities. Finally, he no longer contacted me but sent me directly to people who went on his behalf. Thus, the contradictions inside me were increasing, the muscular contractions were taking their toll on my body, my sleep was no longer restful, I felt anger and dissatisfaction, signs and physical expressions of revolt, for not expressing myself, demanding respect for my space and for our valuable friendship. My equilibrium wobbled, indifferent to my needs, to my times, only anguish invaded me. Until I exploded like a cartridge and revealed myself, I marked my distance, recovering my vital space, sacrificing our friendship. I tried several times to recover the friendship, but the glass had already been broken and on her part, there was resistance and denial, she felt offended.

This experience of life contributed to diverse abstractions, I share them with you: I need to strengthen my communication, to express without fear what I do not like, without hurting, but also with the endorsement to dissent and defend my feelings as a necessity at appropriate times, establishing limits, without negotiating my independence, strengthening my self-esteem and my security. To fertilize and cultivate with eagerness and commitment, the precious value of friendship, in the social network, with authenticity and gratification, because we are social beings, it is our essence, our sustenance by nature. And finally consider that if it is not feasible to retake the friendship that is in trouble, assume with gallantry and without remorse the distance, but with sincerity and much love to thank all the lessons learned as imprints of life, from the understanding, with the liberation that forgiveness grants, let go and continue our journey to live and not just exist, that is the plan.