What I believe makes a good friend - Bible Talk

[jennifer_bloom]

I believe a good friend has two qualities:

1. They improve your judgment

2. They improve your behaviour

I will give you examples of both:

1. I told a guy from school my friend annoyed me because she said I was a communist when I made the statement that I believe people who publicize racist perspectives should be jailed and the guy laughed and said, “You can be a lot of things other than a communist to think that! Some people are so close minded.” And his comment made me realize that not only is there more than one opinion that people may have but also that there is more than one way to interpret or assign motives to an opinion, he was a good friend because he taught me to be more open minded.

2. I complained to a friend about how a guy would always give me attitude if I approached him for conversation when he was busy and she said “maybe he yelled at you because he was as having a bad day.” And that comment made me realize I should consider peoples struggles and not just whether their behaviour and conduct is good or bad at any particular moment in time.

I used to complain about how a friend would often ignore my feelings when she was too worked up over an issue that was important to her and my friend suggested she might not have the ability to show empathy due to her neglected upbringing and I should not blame her for not being compassionate like my other friends who were treated with compassion at home. The woman always gave amazing advice and she is still one of my friends today but I don’t talk to her, I just think she lives too far away.

[Jltakk]

Just wanted to share that your posts are some of the few that I find enlightening and inspiring on G@G. Thanks for what you do.

[Massageman]

No argument from me - good points!

[EffaMan]

good points!