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Friday, 19 July 2013

Treating friends

What to do when friends don't treat you the way you treat them?

Friend, n. A person you know well and who you like a lot, but who is usually not a member of your family. Someone who you can trust.

Have you ever got a friend whom you thought could be your best friend, tells you that he/she's alright and everything, yet confides in another close friend of yours and pours everything out to another friend? 

Well, you probably guessed it, yeah that's me.

But I'm not going to be petty and be angry or pissed off at my friend for her actions. Maybe he/she feels that the another friend could be a better source of comfort, I can live with that, even though it's not exactly for my case since the another friend approached me for help to help her. Well on the other hand, maybe she feels that I'm not a trustworthy or approachable friend (refer to definition of friend at the start of this post), that'll be my problem then. 

So I have decided, not quite intuitively of course, to continue to try my best to cheer her up in any ways I can, and change myself for the better (which I'm doing everyday actually) so that she might find me more approachable one day.  

Matthew 7:12 So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets. So I'm not going to snap at her or ignore her for ignoring me, or do silly things like confronting her or making things complicated. Since I strongly believe that conflicts arise because people have different perspectives, I will try to look at things from her point of view of she does not try to look from mine.

I sincerely hope the friend of mine will be more objective and not condemn others on impulse, at the same time, have her own unique way of thinking and be more understanding. I wish her well from the bottom of my heart.

I tried, but you weren't appreciative. So I'll keep trying. The problem will then lie with you.