The choice of friends you make, do not be short-changed b choosing personality over character.The good choices that have been changed through the years may have had rough times, but changes of heart and mind can be made to continue the path that it was first heading.And if you think how did I think of them as a friend, just remember there must have been good times together that you both considered friendship first, because good memories were made before the rough times entered.Last week I came out of the shop and found I had a tire going flat. So I took it down to have a friend look at it, and he found a nail in it. So all he did was removed the nail and patched it up. The tire has had no trouble after the nail was removed and the patch was made.I did not have to purchase a new tire, due to being able to look and find the problem and fix with a little search and work and friendship.Only you can make or change the rest of the story.

Putting others First.

How many times have I started a thought by saying “I wish things would have went a different way”- “ I wish I would have not answered that way”
“ Why do they think that way about me”- “ I should have not purchased that item”
What is the common denominator within each of these reflections of mind?
They started by saying “ I “.
Will future discoveries, conclusions, or reconciliation’s, start with myself, and not waiting for someone else.
Most desired conclusions will happen If I will put the others first, or have a heart of forgiveness and not judgment and an open mind.
It may help me to put myself in the others shoes before a denouement.

True Friends

Have you ever wondered what the real essence of the saying "A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed" is? People talk about the true value of friendship actually without knowing what it stands for. True friendship is the one, in which the individuals do not have to maintain formalities with each other. Sharing true friendship is the situation, when the person you are talking about is counted as one among your family members, when the relation you share with him/her reaches a stage that even if you don't correspond for sometime, your friendship remains unscathed. Best friends need not meet up often to make sure that the friendship remains constant.

The trust between best friends is such that if one friend falls in trouble, the other will not think twice to help. If the bond between two friends is strong, true friends can endure even long distances. For them, geographical separation is just a part of life. It would not affect their friendship. They make it a point to stay in touch, even in the verge of being exhausted due to the drudgery of everyday life. True friendship never fades away. In fact, it grows better with time. True friendship thrives on trust, inspiration and comfort. Best friends come to know, when the other person is in trouble, merely by listening to their "Hello" over the phone. The can even understand each other's silence.

True friends do not desert each other when one is facing trouble. They would face it together and support each other, even if it is against the interests of the other person. Best friends do not analyze each other; they do not have to do so. They accept each other with their positive and negative qualities. Nothing is hidden between true friends. They know each other's strengths as well as weaknesses. One would not overpower the other. They would respect each other's individuality. In fact, they would understand the similarities and respect the differences. Best friends do not stand any outsider commenting or criticizing their friendship and they can put up a very firm resistance, if anyone does so.

True friends are not opportunists. They do not help, because they have something to gain out of it. True friendship is marked by selflessness. Best friends support even each other, even if the whole world opposes them. It is not easy getting true friends for the lifetime. If you have even one true friend, consider yourself blessed. Remember, all best friends are friends, but not all friends can be best friends. In this world of cynics and back stabbers, there are still some people who are worth being friends with. They have to be recognized and respected for being best friends, for the lifetime.

Memories being apart

Friendships with good memories will not be lost even with distances apart.

Good times together will not be forgotten, when you keep the rough times together from entering your heart
So the best way to have good recollections is to create them when the opportunities are made available.

Choice of Friends

When you choose your friends, do not be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
I can short-change my friends by a wrong attitude or thoughts.
Ones that try to maintian friendships through rough times, and when you look to your friends to see how close they are, I will have to see if I have moved too far to be close to help them if they need help in tough periods of life.
Occasionally when ones long or desire to be nearer, what will help them to draw nearer will be by you to reach out first then they will be alongside you.

Begining thoughts on Love

God is Love, and is very different from human love. God's love is unequivocal, and it's not based on feelings or emotions. He does not love us because we're lovable or because we make Him feel good; He loves us because He is love. He created us to have aloving relationship with Him, and He sacrificed His own Son (who also willingly died for us) to restore that relationship.

Original Love is the first love felt by every soul upon creation. It is the pure love of God instilled in each soul. Before anything else each soul began with Original Love.

Authentic Love is the juice, the driver, the force and the energy; that is what we come with and what we leave with. In the middle of the coming and going, it is hard to detect or believe in love. The writings are the reminder to my soul that there is love, all the time and everywhere.

 

New Years thought

Each year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a life moving on, with all the wisdom and experiences can instill in us.

To let go of the past, does not mean you will have not learned from it, it just means it will help guide the ways ahead.

Good memories help us get through times when we think our lives have had no meaning; they especially assist when you have an individual or others to recall great experiences with.

Letting go of the past is tough at times, it is like times when your wife tells you to throw away an old shirt you still feel comfortable in, even though it may have a few small holes or tares, but it is relaxing and good to excercise in.

But times that shirt is not just comfortable it still has meaning and remembrances, if it is an old baseball or basketball team shirt, or one that was given to you from good friends.

It usually not what it looks like is why you hold on to it, but the feelings and times it brings back, the good times that will never be lost or forgotten.

So letting go of old shirts that are stained and torn is hard, but it is just like, old uncomfortable feelings that needs to be released. The time finally comes letting go of an old shirt that you may not even wear or need, but it takes the space from a new shirt that will feel and look better each day ahead.

Creating new inspiring times, that just after become good recollections for the road ahead. It will be like your wife buying you a brand new shirt.

When you start hearing someone telling you “that shirt has a hole” and you keep it, new and good times are being or have been created to dwell upon.