Friends and Peers

When I was in school friendship bracelets came into fashion. They were these handmade embroidery floss or thread bracelets that symbolized friendship, and they were given from one good friend to another. I remember giving one or two to friends…
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It can be heart-rending to see people leading a lonely existence, living alone into old-age with no-one they can call a true friend. Everyone needs to enjoy relationships with others as a natural ingredient of life that adds meaning and…
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I have been in love and I have had friends. I have been in love with my friend, and had friends that I wished I could love, but didn’t. I have never failed to sense the difference between love and…
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The value of friendship and companionship has often been encapsulated in inspirational sayings and quotes, describing in very few words, the joy of being, or having a true and loyal friend. Quotations on the subject of friendship, both ancient and…
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“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years trying to get other people interested in you.” -Dale Carnegie People love. That’s not a sentence fragment; that’s the whole…
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Healthy friendships are the cornerstone of a happy life, but how do you maintain a healthy friendship? Healthy friendships, like all relationships start with having an understanding about ones self. Knowing what you like, dislike, care about and are interested…
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When you enjoy a deep, loyal friendship with someone, you can never imagine a time when this warm relationship would ever end. Yet even the strongest of friendships are prone to breaking when circumstances create discord, and suddenly this close…
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Where is the relational breakpoint between being an acquaintance and comfortably declaring a relationship to be a “real” friendship? When do you state that you “know” someone and when do you confidently say, “I have a FRIEND who…” Friendship is…
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Friendship is the most amazing yet intricately perplexing thing ever conjured up by the universe. One day you wake up lucky that you have the best friend in the world, one whom you can totally depend on, one who you…
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What is friendship? Friendship is the tuna fish salad sandwich you shared after school, before you heard about drugs and the ones who succumbed. Friendship is learning to drive your friend’s new VW bug and almost crashing through the fence…
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Very few friendships last forever. Unfortunately many have a time line for when they are destined to be over. Usually this time line seems to work fine, without any cause for distress, however sometimes friendships break down prematurely, before you…
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Platonic relationships are real. Many people think it is impossible for a man and woman to be friends without any intimacy.I am here to say that is they do exist. I am a witness to just how great platonic friendships…
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Someone once said that your friends are the relatives that you pick out yourself, and truer words were never spoken. Like most of us I have a relative or two that rubs me the wrong way. We put up with…
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A true friendship grows over time. It lasts through life’s trials and tribulations. Friends are there for each other. The test comes with troubles and messy details. I have been very lucky in life to have several best friends. Helen…
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Finding a true friend and knowing that they are your true friend is a process that takes time. You can have a friend that you enjoy being around but are they true friend? There are several things I look for…
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At some point in our lives, we are all bound to deal with a broken friendship. Whether the break occurs between lifetime best friends, an acquaintance that was met at a bar, a lover, or a family member; the feelings…
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There are a lot of different friendships out there. Some are “close” friends, some are casual friends, some are friends that you only do certain things with, like a bowling league or a class. All of these friends have issues,…
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Unlike romantic relationships, friendships rarely end at any designated point. The key to breaking up with a friend is letting time and distance take its course: (1) Cancel all dates and stop making new ones, (2) Filter out all telephone…
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It’s about unconditional friendship, when life happens (especially during tough times) they are there to lend a part of themselves to you; be it a hand, shoulder, or ear. When it seems like everything in your life is falling apart…
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We spend a great deal of time and energy building friendships. Therefore, when there is conflict or circumstance that leads to a breaking down of the friendship, it can be very difficult to accept. Complicating the issue is the fact…
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The short answer is that a small group of good, quality friends is better. Most people have busy lives and caring for your friendships is as important as caring for the other relationships you have. If I had too many…
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There is no better way for humans to express their feelings than with a beautiful song! The value of true friendship has been underscored by songwriters who have produced lyrics reminding us of the spirit of friendship and how it…
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A friendship is an amazing opportunity to share every aspect of your life, the pleasant and unpleasant, with someone who celebrates your successes and empathizes your tribulations. A friend can provide support, relief, comfort, and so much more. Here are…
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Healthy friendships are like a healthy body. You have to take care of it if you want it to last through the years. It is so easy to let our friendships slip away through the years as our lives become…
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If you have to concern yourself with people that you consider to be a friend, then one should really re-evaluate the relationship in question. If you can’t trust that they will speak about you in a positive way, when you…
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Friendships are beautiful, but many times  a fledgling relationship breaks off between two individuals, many times due to a miscommunication, which leads one to question the strength of the friendship in the first place. The question is, how can one…
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Some people have no trouble making friends. They never go a day without a call from a friend and they never spend a Friday night at home alone. Then there are the rest of us. Making friends is not so…
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My son and I were having a very important discussion the other day. We were talking about promises and just how important they are. Although I am thirty and have lived what I think to be an eventful life, his…
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I have always been a bad friend magnet. I seem to attract people who don’t really care about me. I do the best I can to be a good friend but in the end, I sit alone, used and abused….
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Being down in the dumps is a terrible experience. Most people don’t want to be depressed and don’t want to be a burden on others when they are. If you have a friend that’s depressed, there are some things you…
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