Our consciousness and awareness evolve. Spirit is constant. The roles we play change. The perfection that is our soul is steadfast. The rest is peeling onion skin. When I use the word 'friend', I am referring to the Spirit in me seeing Spirit in others. We are who We are. One day, as the layers fold back, we shall be able to see all people as friends, and recognize that one thing which never changes.
Yes and old souls gather around one another. they get closer and closer to the center of the tornato. there is calm. everything else is thrown off in a centrifugul force. As we get closer to that calm in the center we are the force that holds others in our orbit so everything that is out there is part of the force we ourselves r part of. Nothing is more reliable then the friends close to the center because everything else can be thrown out from the center of orbit. It is our struggle to work against opposing forces that are taking us outward from the center of spiritual gravity.