The question is "do we really need friends - is it necessary?"
Doesn't it amaze you how the good person your regarding being compassed as a friend suddenly stops returning your phone calls and won't answer your texts, and the friendship ends. Months later you still don't know what happened, and it haunts and wears you down? You sit to try deciphering the extent to which you are being kept off the radar, you beat yourself up and wreck your emotions in ponder.
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You ask yourself -but I haven't got the balls to return such favor, does it mean I am not worthy of that rank? The inner mind has an answer you don't want to reason out-you think I can tell you what your subconscious is....? Maybe I will school myself the mind-reading.
It is a real deal to implore your friends when the need calls, but you have nobody to call your friend now. You have been kind, been free and been sacrificial but you ain't got someone like that for you. This happened because you based your judgment on your heart and failed to belief that the human nature is cruel- so does someone with the human characteristics would be cruel as well, be it your friend.
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In ages long past now, Voltaire made a statement and it goes 'Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies'. This is really true because you are better off with a declared opponent than not knowing where your real enemies lie. You could recall, how he agreed to every proposition, to your every idea, supported you, loved your stupid works just to put a smile on your face.
Friends would always agree on things in order to avoid argument, they cover their unpleasant qualities so as not to offend each other, laugh out their ribs at lame jokes- you would never know how a friend truly feels. They will tell you that they love your poetry, adore your music, envy your choice of clothes - maybe they do but often times, they don't. Who wouldn't want to look good and be the most noticed- You tell.
A Chinese proverb compares friendship to the jaws and teeth of a dangerous beast; if you are not careful, you will be chewed by it. Pick up a bee out of kindness and you will learn the limitations of kindness. The receipt of favor can be very oppressive. The more favors and gifts you supply to revive your friendship, the less gratitude you receive.
In A.D. 46-120; King Hiero chanced upon a time, speaking with one of his enemies, to be told in a reproachful manner that he had stinking breath. Whereupon the king being somewhat dismayed in himself, as soon as he got home chided his wife - 'how does it happen that you never told me of this problem?' The simple, chaste and a harmless dame replied "Sir, I had thought all men's breath had smell so." Thus, it is plain that faults that are evident to the senses, gross and corporal or notorious to the world, we know by our enemies sooner than by our friends and familiars.
N/B: Be wary of friends - they will turn you down more quickly for they are easily aroused to envy. In fact, you have more to fear from a friend than from enemies...
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Also a good post, resteem worthy. Careful quoting sun tzu... He did get stabbed in the back by his own people. Literally.
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Yeah, fam! The irony of the enemy of my enemy is my friend quote is that his friends killed him.
Doesn't it amaze you how the good person your regarding being compassed as a friend suddenly stops returning your phone calls and won't answer your texts, and the friendship ends. Months later you still don't know what happened, and it haunts and wears you down? You sit to try deciphering the extent to which you are being kept off the radar, you beat yourself up and wreck your emotions in ponder.
one then plummet into the world of blame....
Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies'
Voltaire was right... before an enemy can hurt one a friend must have gotten through to one and hurt one...
as overrated friendship is, it is still required for companionship
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