Friends and Peers

It is better to have a small group of friends Maybe just one best friend is the answer! All that you can count on is you. Why not be your own best friend! While little children are growing up, they…
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When in the course of human events, we experience a long standing friendship that is faltering, perhaps should allow it a natural death. We should find a way to gracefully say goodbye, and wish the other person well. On the…
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The gift of friendship is one of the most special things that we can give to someone. We often need the support of our friends to help us through the darker periods of our life, and being able to support…
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What is friendship? That is one question that each of us would answer differently. Some of you may think that friendship means being there for someone; having someone you can share confidences with. Some will say that friendship is having…
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Often, we think about whether or not our friends are “real” friends. We worry that they may be using us, or that they may be pretending to like us so as not to hurt our feelings. And because it is…
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Impatience – Often associated with quick tempers and selfishness. Dealing with a friend who has these traits takes tact and the complete opposite, patience. Very often, that is exactly what has happened. Two people, completely opposite in their approach to…
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First of all, ending a friendship is a matter of last resort.  However, if you are or have been the victim of a person’s sloven ways, then you have no choice but to end that relationship. Here are six signs…
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It is said that man is a sociable creature. If that is true, then we strive for the well-being of our relationships, whether those relationships are with other people or with nature. Being a good friend is not always an…
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A dear friend of mine once challenged me with this question. You are trying to collect money for a charity devoted to feeding starving children. The first person you meet yells at you and complains about the solicitors who are…
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To discover the characteristics of a good person we must look at more than the external actions of a person. You can usually tell a good person by checking out how their energy feels. You can sense a good person….
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In searching through our Helium threads I continue to learn a lot. One of the most interesting things I have observed is that the fine art of interpreting what is humor from what is not, is at times a challenge…
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What happens to best friends in a love triangle? Can a female friendship be secured from the threat of competition? When I was at school I had a best girl-friend Helen. She joined our class at 9th grade. She came…
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You are only as funny as your audience. Nothing is worse than when you are delivering a joke and the benefactor does not have the ability to recognize the humor of the situation. Our immediate reaction is to feel embarrassed,…
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You can tell a fundamentally good person by their attitude. They are positive by nature, confident without being arrogant, show patience even when they are placed in a difficult situation and can influence the feelings of those around them. The…
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In a world where social morals conflict with our strict alignment of politics, power and law, ‘Good’ has become extremely subjective word. A person appearing to be ‘good’ to one does not automatically quality them to be good to another….
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The characteristics of a good person are not always those you see first when you meet them. Because most good people seldom shine the light on themselves. They often go unnoticed unless someone else, who has come to know them,…
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The good person is the one who gives up their seat on the bus or train for the pregnant woman, a disabled person or the elderly. The good person gives the shop assistant back the extra change they give you…
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I was hoping to walk in the middle on this debate, because life is not always black and white. A whole lot of gray is sitting out there to be experienced. For in my mind, it is the quality of…
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People come in and out of your lives every day. Some leave a mark so deep they garner a certain place in your heart. Others move on, taking with them but a piece of your life in which moments were…
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First, begin with what friends do. Friends support each other through the good and the bad, and share in each other’s milestone moments. If a friend needs help or needs someone to talk to, a friend should be there to…
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Make no friendship with a man given to anger,nor go with a wrathful man,or you will learn his ways and find a snare for yourself. Proverbs 22:24-25 New American Standard A friend loves at all times, and a brother is…
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The older I get, the more I feel that smaller groups of friend are better. We spend a lot of our early life wanting to be a part of something big, that we get lost somewhere in the process. It…
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When a friendship fails, we have to ask, “Why do friendships break in the first place?” What was once so real and true becomes a distant memory that leaves you feeling abandoned, as if that friend was someone you never…
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In regard to the question of whether it is better to have a large or small group of friends, this will vary from person to person. However, in many if not most cases, having a smaller group of friends is a wiser…
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There is a definite difference between good and toxic friends. You need to be able to tell the difference in order to keep the toxic ones out of your life. It is hard sometimes to admit someone is toxic, but…
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“Friendship” I think everyone has lost sight of what “Friendship” is now days. “Friendship” to me, is something you go into like love. It’s commitment, and trust, and hard times, and I’ve found that, real friends are the ones who…
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“My best friend makes me cry!” Sometimes we hurt people so inadvertently that the repercussions don’t register until they are firmly entrenched in the mind of the person hurt. And, by then something starts to be amiss in a formerly…
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True friendship is a precious gift. Your friend will provide the most understanding, loyal, trustworthy, helpful relationship this world could offer. This can be a family member, neighbor, co-worker or childhood comrade. Just as a young mother will let go…
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How can you handle backstabbers? By not dealing with them at all. Choose who you become friends with carefully. You can tell if some one is not right for you; there are signs. The first one is your instinct. If…
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My freshmen year in high school was a tough one. I found out my old friends were keeping me down from being a straight A student. I used to be the smartest one in school, leaving eighth grade with a…
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