Achates.....Meaning a good friend or Companion.........

This word Achates was put up as status message by my best half on her google chat.... when i asked her whats the meaning of it she explained me that the word means a good friend or a companion.... and then we had a discussion about it as to what exactly makes a good friend or a companion... After the discussion as well I kept on thinking about the word and the discussion.... seriously what is a good friend or a companion? we expect our life partner to be our best friend or companion but is it really so? are we really 100 % transparent with our life partner? If yes then why do we need to delete chat history or call records? Why we have someone apart from our life partner who gives us that comfort which we always keep on expecting from our life partner..........i think we as individuals are very inferior by nature and need constant approval for everything we do... we need appreciation for our every act, that appreciation may be in the form of prize, rewards, simple praise or a few good words we need it and i think Achates is someone who fulfills this need.............. who pampers us, who is just there when we need someone, who can be a mirror....................

Sometimes we come across certain individuals who give us a feeling of companionship or selfless support and sharing but ultimately it turns out to be momentary and again we start looking for achates........

We have a beautiful play called "waiting for the godo" wherein all the characters in the play keep on waiting for a character called Godo, as he is expected to give them all the happiness in this world he is supposed to end their sorrows and in this hope all the characters keep on performing their day to day acts......and at the end of it everyone realize that there is no godo but that hope of meeting him one day have provided the energy and strength to fight with their sorrows, and fight for their survival till the last moment....... This way i think achates is synonymous to this godo waiting for whom we keep fighting with our day to day problems, tensions and hope this achates will have this magical wand with which he will correct everything for us...He will be there for us, he will care for us and we will share everything with him without deleting the call records and chat history............

Hope all of us find our own Achates and I hope next time when my best half puts this word as her status message it stands for me :) till then keep googling for "Achates".............................Good bye............