Friends and Peers

Don’t judge a person from their outer exterior because no-one in this crazy mixed up world is perfect, they all have flaws or habits that may annoy other people no end. If you think that you are perfect or that you…
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Oh, the joys of sitting down to dinner and a show at a classy restaurant with your friend and their significant other.  The highest quality picture of the interaction between the perfect couple sits within reaching distance of you. The sound…
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What is friendship? Around the 1700s, George Washington stated: “True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.” He also shared: “Associate yourself with men…
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Should there really be a difference between love and friendship? Why is it that we feel the need to categorize and compartmentalize everything? Have we socialized ourselves to believe that lust is love? And, are we romanticizing this wonderful experience…
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Good friends are hard to come by.  Toxic friends can be numerous.  Sometimes in determining who is your friend and who is not, people complicate the issue.  However, the best way to determine who is a good friend and who…
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The hardship of ending a friendship varies from person to person, for some it’s fairly easy, for others it may be a very emotional event. Quite typically however, by the time the decision is made to oust a friend, it’s…
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Yes, it is OK to date a friend’s ex, but there are measures to take to try to keep the friendship. If the two of you are truly friends, than you should have enough respect for each other to be able to…
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When your world comes crashing down around you at three in the morning, who can you call on to help get you through it (if not at least offer an empathetic ear)? When our local communities, our country and our…
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Many persons, when moving to a new area are concerned with getting along well with persons in the community where it is they reside.  This is understandable.  Whether moving to the new area is due to the fact you or…
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First let me start by saying that friendship should not be about money in the first place. But instead it should be two people that are similar in many ways and as time passes they grow a bond with each…
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There can be an extreme variance in the dynamics of a single circle of friends. These relationship dynamics can range anywhere from the one person you trust with all your secrets to, well, that certain somebody who’s in your group…
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Are you known as the person who always lends money to friends?  Do people come to you to borrow money and may – or may not – pay you back?  If you want this practice to stop then try the…
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Loving your best friend is one thing, but to fall in love with your best friend is a completely different set of circumstances. He and I had been best friends for several years. Witnessing each other’s rise and falls through…
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Being a lovable person is the road to happiness. It is essentially the only way to be happy with yourself and make others around you happy as well. Sometimes though it is easier said than done, that is why it…
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It is not easy to earn a reputation of a good friend.  Friends are like angels in our lives that come and go as if they are seasons.  It is only true friends that deeply care for us who stay…
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The word frenemy is derived from the words friend and enemy. It would then suggest that a frenemy is someone who pretends to be your friend, but in actuality is really an enemy. It sounds tricky but it’s true. Frenemies…
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Accepting people for who they are definitely makes a relationship stronger just as trying to force someone to chance in order to suit you will weaken it. To a degree, both of you probably will change some things in order…
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I’m really not an overly sentimental guy. While time and a couple of beautiful daughters have softened me up some, I still don’t get misty eyed over Hallmark commercials or Meg Ryan movies. I guess I never will be that…
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Friends are one of life’s necessities that it would be impossible to live without. Friends make you happy when you are sad, and sometimes make you sad when you are happy. Friendship is a two way street, and will only…
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People often confuse these two together. People don’t know where the boundaries where friendship starts and love begins. Today in modern society, people fall in love everyday. Whether it’s chocolate cake or maybe their best friend. What people are confusing…
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Are my friends true or not? That seems to be the question that I unfortunately have to ask. I never thought that I would have to ask myself that question. I thought that I had good friends, two to be…
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There are many qualities that would characterize a good person. The most important, I feel, would be a person who follows the golden rule: “Do on to others as you would have them do on to you.” I believe that…
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It is important to BE the right kind of friend before we go out to look for the right kind of friend. We have to model the qualities that we would want our friends to have. From experience and after…
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Close friends who surround us and are involved in our lives often, from time to time, feel the need to offer advice, whether we solicit it or not. Generally, because we often confide in them, they misconstrue this to mean…
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Everybody wants to be liked and accepted for who they are. Getting people to like you is not something that will happen overnight. It takes time to get to know someone. When you have known someone for a certain period…
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When words are used as weapons, they are just as efficient as a fist or a gun. Hurtful words can destroy a person, without leaving a blood trail. We need to be very careful with our choice of words. Verbal…
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I was incarcerated over ten years ago for a period of almost two years! Today, I am a missionary in Bangkok, Thailand serving God! One of the human reasons was my family standing by my side while I was in…
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Avoiding peer pressure can be difficult, especially for adolescents and teenagers when the need to be accepted by one’s peers reaches peak intensity.  Most everyone wants to be accepted by their peers.  Some are strong enough to resist peer pressure…
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Some people are able to tell the difference in a very short time, and others it doesn’t register until they have been drained. Sham friends have a way of life whereas everyone they come in contact with, they always have…
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Pop Quiz. Can you tell which of the following choices is good for you, and which is bad for you? A) Diet and exercise.B) Smoking and drinking. It’s a no-brainer, right? Think it’s as simple to identify whether you are…
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