Life brings many faces our way, some leave us with blessings, others with lessons we wish we never encountered.
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Some friends stand with you, and some only pretend. Their smiles are warm, but their knives are cold the moment you turn your back. May life keep us afar from friends who smile with us, yet rush to expose our secrets to the enemy.
Not every smiling face is a friend; some wear care as a disguise while secretly hoping to see us fall. They always have advice to give, but never the wisdom to fix their own lives.
Amidst those who come to destroy, there are still good and genuine souls who enter our lives to build and uplift us. Their good deeds leave footprints in our hearts that time can never erase, and their kindness restores our faith that goodness still lives in people and that not all hearts are alike.
Among the few whose goodness still lights this world stands my best friend, Emeka. A soul I was blessed to meet in 2011.
Emeka is always smiling; you can hardly tell when he's sad or happy, because his face is forever lit with a smile. And with that smile comes a generous heart. Emeka was the first friend who showed me the true meaning of generosity.
At first, he would ask, ''Do you want?'' and I would always say no. But with time, he studied me, stopped asking, and just gave. Those were some of my toughest moments, and I was truly glad he stopped asking... I just accepted what he gave me with gratitude.
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As our friendship deepened, everyone in the community knew us as inseparable. We played football together and always walked home together. After all, we were neighbors.
Sadly, that same year, I left home. We still kept in touch, but it was never quite the same as when we were together. Months later, when I visited home, Emeka had a sad story to share. He was going through a tough time and told me how those he had once been generous to could not offer him help.
I told him, ''That's life. Not everyone will appreciate your kindness. But some will... and I'm one of them.
We spent the few weeks I was home together, and this time, I treated him to the same nice meals he used to treat me to back then. It felt so good to be able to give back and stand by him when he needed it most.
True Friendship is built in hard times. We all need someone to walk life's road with, because when we go alone, we go fast, but when we go with friends, we go far. The friend we need to go far in life could be a family member, a life partner, or a stranger who has become more than a friend.
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This is deep and makes me remember Bill Withers’ song Lean On Me
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We have many enemies as friends, God will expose them.
its so good to hear your story, this is true friendship where you dont have to say a word and the other person understands you and do something which you want him/her to do, this is the true friendship.
Yea Rosy, one of the best kinds of friendships; your friend understands the words you didn't say.
You're right, some friends will smiles at us but their smile doesn't reach their heart. I will pray that God Almighty will give us genuine friends who will understand us and be our biggest support than having a friends will only want our downfall.
and may we be able to identify the good and bad ones. we need the power of discernment.
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You are absolutely right, true friendship is built in hard times.
Having good friends is really a blessing.
Even the Bible acknowledges the importance and benefit of a good friend. Sometimes, we only need one good one, not so many