Friends Contemplating life and its meaning was never a question for me. I was happy in the world I lived in. All I needed was the presence of my family and the huge circle of friends I maintained. From school to the tuition center, from the mosque to the social gatherings, friends always surrounded me. There was a time when I thought that one lives and dies for friends. Compatibility was one of my strongest traits. My gregarious nature attracted friends from all circles of life. In fact my home became a second home to most, if not all, of my three dozen close friends. We were never a gang nor were we ever people with similar interests. The one thing we had in comm