The friendship that survives a difficult season deserves attention once the season becomes easier.

A friend who stayed through a hard stretch often gets less of you once it lifts. Relief pulls attention outward, and the people who saw you at your lowest are the ones you feel least need to explain yourself to. From outside, being trusted and being taken for granted look almost the same.

If someone stood beside you through something and you have not properly seen them since it eased, make the plan yourself. Not to settle a debt. Only because there is room now, and there was not before.