BUILDING YOUR LIFE AROUND FRIENDS
In everyone's life, there are always times when we realise that
we can't stand alone. These are the times we turn to our
friends. Georde Eliot said ' Friendship is an inexpressible
comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh
thoughts nor measure words.' These friends are the ones who know
our short comings and help us stand tall.
True friends are rare, their loss so painful. Our life is always
governed by a sense of deep loss eachtime we loss a friend, we
feel like we have lost a part of our life. Truly a friend can be
one of the most precious thing in the world.
It was Woodrow Wilson who said 'we should not only use all the
brains we have, but all the brains that we can borrow.' These
borrowed brains are the friends we have built all through our
lives. '' The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains,
rivers, and cities, but to know someone who thinks and feels
with me, and who though distant is close to me in spirit. This
makes the earth for me an inhabitable garden'' ~ Von Goethe
I do not know how many good relationships you have put to
flight, but the more you burn these boats after crossing over,
you may need to go back someday. People should not be used as
tools through which you get what you want. Don't use people.
John Craig said '' No matter how much work you can do, no matter
how engaging your personality may be, you will not advance far
in life if you can't work with people.''
Making impact in the world is all about reaching out to lives.
The only place to completely express yourself is in service. If
you can't serve people, then you can't be a friend. Just as
Albert Schweitzer said '' I do not know what your destiny will
be, but one thing i know is the only ones among you who will be
really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.
Even in Leadership, friendship counts. A leader never makes it
alone, he belongs to a team. This team is made up of his
friends. Bill Newman said '' it's not how high you climb, but
it's how many people you are prepared to take with you.'' We
must work for the benefit of our friends.
HOW TO DEVELOP QUALITY FRIENDS :
-- you must be optimistic about meeting the right people and be
willing to see the good in them.
-- you must have a positive personality, an optimistic person is
one who sees a problem and be willing to help.
-- in building good friends, you must be willing to give your
everything to see your friendship succeed. It's all about
sacrifice. Someone said '' a friend is one who's always there
when there's every reason for him not to be.'' So keep your
friends vision ahead and help them realise it.
-- Be willing to see the Lord as our best friend. He knows our
deepest secrets, your soft spots He said ''I WILL NEVER LEAVE
YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU.'' So folks what else do we need if the Lord
is for us ? ..... Have a blessed week ahead and see you there !