Be a friend

וְיֵ֥שׁ אֹ֝הֵ֗ב דָּבֵ֥ק מֵאָֽח׃

Proverb 18:24

You are blessed if you have friends. I mean real friends. Those who call you in time of joy as well as in moments of sorrow, or illness. They remember you and have done all they are able to stay in touch with you. Now with all the technology at our hands, it is easier to stay in communication with friends. I am talking about true friendship, not the Facebook or any other social media popularity contest friendship. Real friends, people you know since childhood or became friends as adults. Those who you know their names, family, joys and sadness. Those who laugh with you and you rejoice with them. The kind that will cry with you and you will feel their pain too. The ones that their love for you move them to forgive an unintended offense. The friend you will quickly forgive and tell him when you feel hurt.

Often, those friends are found outside the family. Very few people find their friends among their siblings and even less within their own parents. There are those who would never consider some of their siblings or parents to be friends if they were not related. Obviously, we do not choose our relatives. You are born within that family. A mystery of human existence: to be born and born within a specific family. Sometimes people wish they would have been born somewhere else or not born at all. However, the reality is you are here. So, choose your friends carefully. Menandros (Μένανδρος) wrote: μη πλανασθε φθειρουσιν ηθη χρηστα ομιλιαι κακαι.