Dear Reader, I would like to ask you a question have got in my head lately, WHAT ARE FRIENDS FOR? Many would concur that friends are beings that “ACCOMPANY” one through the journey of life. But these days, what do we HAVE?
I would like you to note this or rather stick it in you head — FRIENDS ARE VITAL AND THEY PROOF TO BE DECISIVE IN ONE’S LIFE. You should know of these famous sayings :
- Show me your friends and I would tell you who you are.
- Birds of the same feathers flock together.
I would like you to do something for me — when you get up tomorrow morning, just look up for birds. You would discover the ones that flock together always have feathers that are alike. You would never find a pidgin soaring beside an eagle. It’s just not possible. I believe these two saying above to be true. People we surround ourselves with tends to affect our life greatly. Either you believe it or not, that so called friends of yours are laying impact in your life either positively or negatively.
Bill Gates once said — If you wanna succeed in life, you need two things :
- Passion ( you need to have passion for what you do )
- People.
He emphasized greatly that we can’t do without people. For everything you wanna do in life, you need people. It doesn’t mean we should then befriend every human, it those mean we should befriend every human we NEED in our lives. Go to Facebook today, you’ll find people with thousands of friends. These so called FRIENDS, affect the time they spend on Facebook and in so doing it affects their lives entirely. One deep relationship based on shared values is better than thousands of relationship based on proximity. One useful friend is better than thousands of needless friends.
I really can’t remember the particular chapter but I know that the Bible declared THERE IS A FRIEND THAT STICKS CLOSER THAN A BROTHER . These are the type of friends we should BE and these are the type of friends we should mingle with. People can say anything they want, it’s there mouth. EAGLES DON’T MINGLE WITH CHICKEN. Some might call it pride, I call it “self respect.” As a human, you need to know yourself and respect YOU. Though Bill Gates do come to Africa to help the poor, he doesn’t live with them!. Why do most rich residents in Nigeria stay in VI, Mainland, Banana Island, etc??? They know the environment is the key 🔑, it plays a vital role . Most of us wonder why America is developing greatly tech wise. Don’t you know there is a city called SILICON VALLEY in US, it’s meant for the programmers. The fact that they all stay together helps them a lot. They can all rub minds together even in midnights.
Don’t let them get into your head, EAGLES DON’T MINGLE WITH CHICKENS.
Be a good friend and have good friends.
And if you made it to this point, I need to give you an accolade. You’re GOOD 👊
JoeSound writes 👊
Peace 👊
