"You Can Choose Your Friends but, You Can't Choose Your Family."
One might think that the saying clarify the freedom to choose the people in our lives. But...
Often times, if we are not conscientious, we might still let the wrong kind of people into our lives.
They may not be evil or scheming. But, they can be critical, negative, self conscious, overly competitive, insecure, overly dependent, needy. I can go on and on.
In all relationships, including friendship, it's a two way street. It needs to be a good match. Whether it be a stage of life, common interests, values, goals in life, personalities, there will have to be a mutual bond.
As we get older, friendships do not come by easily. Sometimes, those formed earlier in life, fade away. If we are lucky, we will have a few good friends. We are to share life with, to be a support to, to have acceptance from, to be ourselves!
So choose wisely, we only have so much room in our lives for people besides our family. Hopefully, some of the family are also friends, but that's another time.
Just some food-for-thought on a non-descriptive Tuesday.
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