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FRIENDSHIP
ADVICE
ON THE FRIENDSHIP CAFÉ
7 Tips on How to
Make and Keep Best Friends
1. Spiritual masters tell us that God is
everywhere. Therefore you should be able to experience God
in a true friend. It goes without saying that your true
friends should be able to experience God in you.
2. To fall for a wrong type of friend, you
have to be in a right frame of mind for it to happen, as
for a disease. A dork is a dork is a dork, no matter which
way you look at it. And none of us wants a dork for a
friend.
3. There are certain types of friends that you
want to avoid.
You know the type — the person who has more problems
than a math book. Clearly, it is a good idea not to have
friends with a lot more problems than you have.
4. Predict that a certain person won't make a
good friend — particularly without giving him or her a
chance to be so — and you will become a psychic with a
pretty good track record.
5. Allow more chance into your life. The more
chance you allow, the more interesting your world will
become. And the more interesting people you will meet. One
of them may become a best friend.
6. When you are with your friends, be
with your friends totally by being present. Only by
intensely living in the moment can you get the most
satisfaction and happiness from your friends. And only by
living in the moment can you give your friends the
attention that they deserve.
7. You are reminded by the line "What are
friends for?" Some people use this adage to intimidate
others to respond to their needs. Be careful that you don't
fall into this trap yourself. Don't expect friends —
even your best friend — to respond to every want that
you have.
COPYRIGHT © 2010 by Ernie J.
Zelinski
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