06/14/2014
Is it just me or is friendship having someone’s back, standing up for them when someone else is trying to wrong them? The dictionary’s definition of friend is as follows: a person known well to another and regarded with liking, affection, and loyalty; an intimate. Or what does it mean when you refer to someone as “brother”? Does that mean that you see them as an extension of one’s family? In both of those terms aren’t you supposed to be loyal, respectful, honest, and to treat them with care? If that is a yes, then should you take all credit for something that they have helped create? Should you let someone curse them up one side and down the other while you stand there and do nothing? Would you let someone do that to your family? Tell me if I am wrong but that is not how you treat a friend nor is it how you treat family.
If someone were to do these things to you how would you react? Cut them out of your life? Warn others about how they are so they don’t get stabbed in the back by the same individual?
Just know that if I call you friend you will not be treated this way. I will be honest with you; even if that means that you don’t always like what I have to say. I will be loyal to you, and defend you when you are being attacked either physically or verbally. I will treat you with kindness and respect. I will do these things whole heartedly and only ask in return that you treat me the same. At the point which you do not keep up your end of the deal I have no problem cutting you out of my life and telling you exactly how I feel. Honesty is not a common trait now days and that is very unfortunate, but not something that I lack.
To grow as a person you have to be honest with yourself if you can’t do that you will never be honest with anyone else.
I will end with this. I am by no means a perfect person. I make mistakes and I try to learn from them. If I hurt someone I try to right those wrongs. I love people in general. Everyone can teach you something if you are willing to let them. Just don’t get bit twice.