THE VALUE OF TRUE FRIENDSHIP

And what I learned very early on was like the value of good friendships, you know, and I learned because of my mom. I went home one day and my mom was beaming, you know, I walked in with my cousin and my mom's like, "Oh, how are you, Buddhy? " And she's so happy. And she's like, "Oh, nice to see you. " And she said, "Oh, I'm so happy. I'm so happy that you guys are spending this time together. " And I said, "Why are you so happy? " And my mom said, "Because you spend all your time at the university. " And I said to my mom, I was like, "Mom, I don't go to university. I just hang around and I do nothing. And she said, "Yes, but the people you're hanging around and doing nothing with will inspire you to do more with your life because they're doing something with it. " And I was like, "What? " And she said to me, she was like, "You cannot be around people who are moving and not wish to move. Whether we like it or not, the people around us are affecting how we see ourselves and how we wish to be seen.