This is a subject that most of you do not think about nor do you wish to think about.
Are you a good friend? Well, are you? Not any easy subject is it? This article will help you determine your level of friendship.
Do not worry, I will be gentle.
Guys, if you are a good friend, you will help to make your friends' lives fun and bearable (yes life is not always easy and fun).
I am sure you feel you have a large circle of friends but are you a true friend? Do you realize that life's difficulties may bond you and your friends in such a way that the friendship may last you a life-time and beyond.
Of course, as you know, most of you run and hide when the going gets tough.
When it is your turn to be there for a friend you should embrace that turn as an opportunity to bond with him/her.
Remember, love begets love and kindness begets kindness.
There is a saying that I am sure you all have heard from the Bible "whatever we sow, we reap.
" How true that statement is, if you go out to be a friend, you will have lots of friends.
Caution, your friendship will be tested in many ways, sometimes you might provide some advice but sometimes you need to just be there to listen.
My advice for you is that the more personal the problem, the less advice you are to give.
What do all people, including you and your friends, like to talk a bout? If you do not know, it is yourselves, it is your opinions, it is other people and surely just things (like weather, sports, current events etc.
) What always comes up last on the list? I am sorry to have to say this, but it is the other person.
Learn to listen and you will have all kinds of friends.
Learn to care about your friends and they will care about you.
If something great or sad happens to you in your life and you are all alone, what do you do? Correct, you pick up a phone and call a friend.
Now reverse that, will your friend call you when he/she is happy or troubled? If you are a good friend he/she will.
Do you make a good friend? I hope you can say yes, because it would be quite sad if you have no friend to call.
And as always you must live well to be well.