True Friendship

" Are we really friends ?" My best friend asked me the other day. "The best there are!" I emphatically replied. " If we are what you say " he went on, " How come, you and I, refer to our individual existence as 'I' and 'you' or as 'myself' and 'yourself' and to our possessions as 'mine' and 'yours' as though we are something distinct from one another?" then In a very serious voice he added: " I really wonder about the magnitude of our friendship which tells us that we are one soul inhabiting two bodies."* Hearing all this I was puzzled so, after some awkward Moments of silence, I dared to ask: "How would you address me then? " " As me in your body " was his immediate reply! © Demetrios Trifiatis 02 February 2020 * This refers to Aristotle, a Greek philosopher 384-322 BC