Friends and Peers

Friendship and forgiveness are two words that go together just like the sun and moon both go with the Earth. We go through our lives making friends during each stage of our lives; some are temperary due to circumstances and…
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It’s important to have good friends in your life.  We all need the support and happiness a good friend brings to our table. Good friends can enrich our lives and can help smooth out the edges of daily life, which…
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Friends need to have certain qualities. Without these characteristics, a person can not and will not ever be a good friend. Likewise, to be a good friend, you also should have these qualities. 1. Honesty The basis of trust is…
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Humans have a need to be needed. There is a need for us to have someone we can turn to and someone we can lean on. In the billion of inhabitants on earth, we meet and come across different types…
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This is the first time I’ve been friends with a guy first and then started dating. What can I say, but with every other guy I’ve had a relationship with, we’ve been attracted to each other and within two weeks…
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What is drama? Drama is the art of taking ordinary life situations and adding layers of what if, why, and what do you think? Allow an illustration for clarification. LaNae was late for work because her ex-husband pulled out in…
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Friendship is based on respect, common interests and a degree of compatibility. It can be a very supportive and long lasting relationship. However circumstances can change that wears on the interests, respect of compatibility. When friends part ways there seem…
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I am thinking of how I can be a good friend. I love having friends. But I think it is better for me to be a friend and a good one at that. I do not have many people that…
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Wrestling Cretaceous. Every single human being’s life can be summed up with these two words. The Cretaceous was a period of time that began with a plethora of dinosaurs roaming the land amid few mammals, and ended with the dinosaurs…
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Friendship with those of the opposite sex First if someone is married they should include their spouse in their outings. If the spouse is not include in plans, there will problems. It is ok to have a friendship with the…
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The way I define a friendship is a relationship with a person that is made up of give and take. You share experiences good and bad, you cry on each others shoulders and even when you are a hundred miles…
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There are many relationships we have in this lifetime. How do we explain the difference between a love relationship and a real true friendship? This can go on many levels today when it is between the opposite and the same…
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If a person doesn’t like you, why waste the time and energy on her.  That is about the hardest thing you can do – try to get someone to like you and sometimes, after all that brainwork (which will tire…
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Low self-esteem can damage every aspect of a person’s life. This can be very difficult as relationship’s depend on individual self-esteem. If a person is constantly questioning his/her self worth then it makes a relationship difficult to survive, as no…
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Everyone needs a friend because nobody wants to be lonely and a friend can help you in good and bad times. You make friends since childhood but you still don’t know if they are true friends. A true friend needs more capacities than…
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Nobody was born bad and nobody was born good. We all learn to live in this world. We are products of learning experiences. To be a good friend does not require special innate attributes. Friendship is an act and it…
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There are friendships that drift apart for various benign reasons. There are also friendships you walk away from purposefully because someone commits a serious offense against the friendship. But a broken friendship is the hardest type to deal with because…
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“Friend” is one of those words many people tend to banter about loosely and far too casually.  In some circles it has lost its meaning.   Mere acquaintances are often passed off as friends simply for lack of a better term…
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I am going to go out on a limb and say that all of us have experienced friendships that are one-sided. Some of may even be in a one-sided “friendship” right now. I know that I have had several and…
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Life can be hard, and as we get older, it can take its toll. Problems that were present years ago often become more pronounced. If mental illness is involved, this can be especially true. Many mental illness issues get progressively…
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There are different kinds of friends. There are friends that you never shared your personal matters to; just “hi-and-hello” friends. There are people you get close with because of common interests like both of you are in a class or…
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When I think of a “Girls Night Out” I can’t help but think of Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte all dressed to the nines drinking cosmos and martinis in a posh nightclub in New York City. Without fail after a…
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Compassion implies the deep awareness of the suffering of another with the desire to alleviate it. Showing sympathy means that one has the capacity to share in the sorrows of another. In human relationships, beyond “acquaintanceships” and “forced” surface relationships…
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Mending a broken friendship can be very difficult, but it is not impossible with the right attitude and a few skills. Too many times, I’ve seen people walk away from strong, rewarding friendships due to an argument or a perceived…
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There is a saying that goes like this: “It’s hard to soar with the eagles when you are living with turkeys.” This is a good description of the effect that friendships can have on a life. A friend can either…
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Having a best friend is a natural part of life. It’s always nice to find that one person in the world that understands you and seems to be on your side no matter what. Your best friend is someone that…
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Trying to make a new friend can be intimidating, challenging and sometimes even a little scary. Should you walk up to a stranger and just say hello? Maybe you should ask the guy in the cubicle next to you if…
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Friendship and forgiveness…When does a friend cross the line in a friendship and should we readily forgive them? In a friendship relationship, and if that person is suppose to be a “good” friend, what do we expect from them? I…
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The minimum cost of friendship Attention is the minimum cost of friendship. Pay attention to another, and you’ve opened the door to friendship with that person. In paying attention to another, we give a portion of ourselves in the process….
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It seems obvious that friendship would involve two-way communication but tragically many people forget this fact. By nature, many people like to talk about themselves, but sometimes they can forget to listen as well. When they do forget, a true…
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