The Tried-and-True Friend
Pop Quiz:Can You ask your bestfriend the following questions and actually get an honest answer?
1.Do people think i'm fat?
2.What do i hope to become or do in future with my life?
3.What is best about the person i am?
4.Am i annoying sometimes?
The four questions here represent the four kinds of knowledge that our very best,very deepest,very most intimate friendships should have.
The first question asks something superficial,or about the surface stuff in our life people see everyday.Can your bestfriend hit you with the honest truth?
The second question asks about our mind,heart and soul.It's a personal question that probably not everyone who knows you could answer.Its a question that wraps up what you're all about or what you'll be in future.
The third question is about inspiration and respect between people.Does your friend look at you and see a pretty face?Or,does your friend look at you and see charity,honesty,intelligence,or a kind soul?
The fourth, and last question, is about the good and bad of your relationship together.Is your friend someone who can look with honesty at the kind of relationship you have with each other?If so,the answer to the question should be ''yes''.All people are annoying at sometime or another to everyone.Even the very bestfriends have times when they think, go away!you're bugging me.
If you and your friend can talk honestly about all four of these things,its a good bet that you're true-and-tried friends.
So remember these four things that make a friend tried-and-true:
1.Truthfulness about what we hear and see around us in life.
2.An ear to listen to each other's dreams and know what's in the other person's soul.
3.An eye to find what's inspiring within the other person.
4.The openness to be able to come clean with how you really feel about the other person.
1.Do people think i'm fat?
2.What do i hope to become or do in future with my life?
3.What is best about the person i am?
4.Am i annoying sometimes?
The four questions here represent the four kinds of knowledge that our very best,very deepest,very most intimate friendships should have.
The first question asks something superficial,or about the surface stuff in our life people see everyday.Can your bestfriend hit you with the honest truth?
The second question asks about our mind,heart and soul.It's a personal question that probably not everyone who knows you could answer.Its a question that wraps up what you're all about or what you'll be in future.
The third question is about inspiration and respect between people.Does your friend look at you and see a pretty face?Or,does your friend look at you and see charity,honesty,intelligence,or a kind soul?
The fourth, and last question, is about the good and bad of your relationship together.Is your friend someone who can look with honesty at the kind of relationship you have with each other?If so,the answer to the question should be ''yes''.All people are annoying at sometime or another to everyone.Even the very bestfriends have times when they think, go away!you're bugging me.
If you and your friend can talk honestly about all four of these things,its a good bet that you're true-and-tried friends.
So remember these four things that make a friend tried-and-true:
1.Truthfulness about what we hear and see around us in life.
2.An ear to listen to each other's dreams and know what's in the other person's soul.
3.An eye to find what's inspiring within the other person.
4.The openness to be able to come clean with how you really feel about the other person.
posted by Oluwaloseyi at 8:59 PM
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