Developing at a young age, throughout the tender years of grade school, life was (and still is) a popularity contest. You wanted to have the most friends and to know the most people.
You even try to rack up Facebook friends as if that really means something to your individual value. Not to mention half the people you’re “friends” with you’ve never talked to in real life, but that’s another story.
At the end of the day, those 945 Facebook friends mean nothing if not one of them are there when you’re in need.
I’m not telling you to go and delete people, because they’ll probably just re-add you anyway, but seriously evaluate the people you call friends. Keep your circle of friends tight, but keep the diameter of your circle tighter.
As cliché as it sounds, friends do indeed come and go – that's just life. <br/>There are friends for a reason, and friends for a season. Sometimes it takes a tragic situation to realize who your true friends are. Some say to never share your problems with anyone, because 20 percent don't care, and the other 80 percent are glad you have them.There are friends for a reason, and friends for a season. Sometimes it takes a tragic situation to realize who your true friends are. Some say to never share your problems with anyone, because 20 percent don't care, and the other 80 percent are glad you have them.
There are friends for a reason, and friends for a season. Sometimes it takes a tragic situation to realize who your true friends are. Some say to never share your problems with anyone, because 20 percent don’t care, and the other 80 percent are glad you have them.
But don’t get me wrong, I’m very much of a people-person, and I believe friends are one of the many ingredients to the recipe of life, but be aware and know your limits with others.
It’s funny how the people who you thought were rooting for your success are the same ones praying for your downfall.
Those very people are building you up to tear you down – wishing you well, but hoping you fail.
They say it’s lonely at the top, but they never mention it’s lonely on the way up there too.
Quantity friends tell you what you want to hear, while quality friends tell you what you need to hear.
Quantity friends will tell you where you ought to be, while quality friends will take you where you need to be.
People are so quick to say they’ll be there for you when you need them, but when that time actually comes, they go M.I.A.
What’s that about?
Sure, it’s a nice gesture up front, because there’s no guaranteed obligation, but it means nothing if they can’t follow through – and a majority don’t. You gain friends just as quickly as you lose them – welcome to the real world.
But at the end of the day, I know I have God to rely on for a quality friend. Friends can be as temporary as an A in chemistry, but thankfully God is there forever.