that I wish I spoke more to
but know in my heart
that the silence
doesn't change the LOVE!
Love You ALL!!
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Showing posts with label Friendship Quotes. Show all posts
Mar 4, 2017
The REAL DEFINITION of FRIENDSHIP!
that I wish I spoke more to
but know in my heart
that the silence
doesn't change the LOVE!
Love You ALL!!
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Feb 22, 2017
What REAL FRIENDSHIP looks like!
FRIENDSHIP isn't about
who you have known
the LONGEST!
It IS about WHO
has NEVER LEFT YOUR SIDE!
Happy #WISDOMWednesday!!
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Feb 10, 2017
Why YOUR friends are SO important!
"You lay down with dogs,
you'll come up with fleas"
is TRUE!
You will either
LOWER or RAISE
your EXPECTATIONS
for YOURSELF
based on the people
you surround yourself with!
Happy #FRIENDFRIDAY!!
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May 7, 2016
The ONE THING it takes for a GENUINE FRIENDSHIP!
COMPETING with everyone...
You MAY win the race
but ultimately you will end up ALONE!
PRACTICE COMPASSION!!
Have a SUPER SATURDAY Y'all!!
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Mar 9, 2016
The Importance of your SURROUNDINGS!
The IMPORTANCE of
your SURROUNDINGS!
Happy #WISDOMWednesday!!
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Oct 7, 2015
What REAL FRIENDSHIP is and how to GET IT!
It's SO TRUE...
REAL FRIENDSHIP is not a BIG thing!
REAL FRIENDSHIP is not a BIG thing!
It's a BILLION little things!
Be a FRIEND to someone TODAY!!
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Sep 3, 2015
How to be an AMAZING Friend!
Friends SHARE!
Friends CARE!
Friends DON'T compete!
Friends LOVE!
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Aug 6, 2015
Can FRIENDS be FAMILY?
This is my FAVORITE part of FRIENDSHIP!
#FriendsAREFamily!!
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Jul 18, 2015
How to SHOW your FRIENDS~ YOU APPRECIATE THEM!!
You love your friends. They’ve been with you through good times and bad. They are the rare breed of humans that accept your weirdness, accept your authentic self, and even love you for it.
You wholeheartedly appreciate them. When you’re with them, you get an overwhelming sense of thankfulness that you have this wonderful human being in your life.
Sometimes, however, you get a sense that you wish you could let that person know just how much they truly mean to you.
Offering to buy lunch, giving a sincere compliment, and praising them to others just doesn’t feel like it’s doing them justice.
Trust me, I’ve been there.
I’ve felt like the luckiest person on Earth for many years because of the people I’ve been fortunate enough to be surrounded by.
A few days ago, however, is there something MORE? I wondered if THEY TRULY KNEW.
Research has confirmed many times over what we’ve all known intuitively for years: our relationships are the biggest contributors to our own long-term happiness.
For this reason alone, our friends are worthy of more than a simple thank you. Use the following six powerful and simple ways to show your friends you truly appreciate them.
1. Avoid the trap of required reciprocity.
This is one of the biggest traps in friendships. The belief states the following: If I’m doing this great thing for you, you are required to do something equally great for me.
It’s a dangerous way of thinking. Instead, do great things for your friends simply because they are great friends. Expect nothing in return, and you’ll be surprised what actually comes back to you.
Yet you may be thinking, what about the ones who will just take advantage of my good nature? Well, let them. You’d rather find out they behave this way now rather than later, right? When you notice this tendency in another, be strong enough to leave that relationship respectfully and rapidly!
2. Communicate like a real human being.
One
of the most disturbing things I’ve seen in the past few years is a
group of friends at a restaurant all talking … to people who are not at the restaurant … on their phones, via text.
If you are physically spending time with a friend, the least they deserve is your very existence. Being lost in your phone or other technologies brings no joy to a meeting, and you might as well not be there at all.
I love the new game I have recently read about online~ Everyone
at the table must put their phones in the middle of the table. The
first person to give into the urge to check their phone must then pay
the bill for the meal.
3. Prioritize them.
To show your friends you love them, show them that their well-being is a higher priority to you than other things in your life.
For example, a friend in distress who is in the middle of a big life decision calls you, in tears, and asks for your help. She calls, however, right as you’re about to leave for a night out.
You must ask yourself which one is truly more important. A true friend deserves to have your attention in this moment. You don’t have to mention you sacrificed a night out to help them. In time, they may come to learn of the sacrifice you made, and it’ll continue to deepen your relationship.
4. Ask if your friends need help before they ask you.
I’m not suggesting that you nag your friends with dozens emails a day with the subject line LET ME CHANGE YOUR LIFE or ARE YOU OKAY? That would be more suited for an article entitled “How to Lose Your Friends in 24 Hours or Less.”
What does work is being proactive in your desire to be a better friend. Whenever you think your friends may be in need of some assistance or guidance, you can casually ask them if they would like a hand, before they realize they might need it.
This is a wonderful way to show your friends they are in your thoughts outside of the time you see each other in person.
5. Believe in your friends and stay by their sides.
We all have one or two friends with massive goals. As a friend, you can be the one who believes in them, even when most others won’t. You can be the one encouraging them to persist in the face of defeat, to reiterate how much of a truly golden heart they have and why they deserve success in whatever venture they may be pursuing.
For example, I have some friends who are extraordinary talents. Over the years, their journeys of making their passions their careers have been difficult to say the least.
I decided a long time ago to always give them a small boost every time I see them, just to ensure their optimism is maintained. I would remark upon their talent, ask them how business was going, and give any advice I was capable of giving, without being intrusive.
You never know how much resistance and rejection friends are receiving in their desire to live a meaningful and impactful life, and they often highly regard the opinions of friends. You can be that friend who never gives up on them.
Objectivity, of course, is still necessary. It would not be wise, for example, to continue encouraging a friend who is on a clear path to suffering. In this instance, you can still be by their side when they decide the doors must close.
6. Personalize gifts.
I have a friend who is AMAZING at this! And when I get gifts from her, I always feel not only SPECIAL but LOVED!
Personalizing gifts shows your friend that you remember the unique things about them and that you value and notice their wonderful wackiness. Receiving a gift like this, on every occasion, will open the floodgates of appreciation.
The best part is, a gift like this is simple, inexpensive, and easy to purchase, but most importantly, it’s thoughtful, and that’s what counts.
Going the Extra Mile
I've discussed several ways you can show your friends you love them so they will feel truly appreciated. The theme among them all is the importance of putting in that extra effort to value the people who have stuck by you over the years.
Your friends deserve your time, presence, and companionship, and you are perfectly suited to be the shoulder they may need to lean on in times of distress and despair.
So enjoy the wonder of relationships in all their emotional color and spiritual energy.
You are special in your own right, and no one else can provide the love that you do, in your own unique way.
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Jan 15, 2015
How just ONE YEAR can change relationships!!
Time to REFLECT on ALL your relationships!
The one thing CERTAIN in life is
CHANGE!
To make room for NEW sometimes
we must remove the OLD!
How has ONE YEAR changed your life?
Let's make some CHANGES for the BETTER!!!
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Nov 28, 2014
How to be a REAL FRIEND!
A shout out to ALL MY FRIENDS!
Thank you for seeing the garden!
Thank you for your friendship!
Thank you for the HAPPINESS!!
Happy Friday Y'all!!
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Jun 24, 2014
Do you KNOW how to be a FRIEND?
Do YOU know how to BE A FRIEND?
Without some understanding of what it takes you will always be surrounded by the wrong people and end up lonely!
You see, having good friends REQUIRES YOU being a good friend!
Friendship is just like any other relationship, a two way street!
Respect those on it and you won't have any "accidents"! FRIENDSHIP is a SPECIAL GIFT!
Generously GIVEN,
Happily ACCEPTED and
Deeply APPRECIATED!
It's not important to have a LOT just REAL ONES!
Wishing EVERYONE a day FILLED with FRIENDSHIP!
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May 6, 2014
REAL FRIENDSHIP is a GIFT in itself!
What is REAL FRIENDSHIP?
As we grow older we realize the importance of FRIENDSHIP!
We grow to learn that it is less important to have more friends and more important to authentic friends!
The kind that VALUE your worth!
Stick with you through thick and thin!
Tell you when you are wrong AND right!
Laugh with you not at you!
Aren't afraid to weather the storms with you!
You see real friends walk in while the rest walk out!
As you grow older you don't really lose friends, you just learn who the REAL ONES are!
Friendship isn't about who you have known the longest, it's about who never leaves your side!
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Feb 15, 2014
What makes a BEST FRIEND?
Today I am GRATEFUL for the BEST FRIENDS in my life!!
You see it's not hard to make a million friends, the MIRACLE is to find the one's who will stand with you against millions!
BEST FRIENDS are the one's who make YOUR problems THEIR problems so you don't have to go thru them alone!
BEST FRIENDS are the one's
who CARE without hesitation,
REMEMBER without limitation,
and LOVE even without communication!
The EASIEST WAY to find a BEST FRIEND in life, is TO BE ONE!!
I love you to the moon and back my BEST FRIENDS!!
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Jan 25, 2014
How are YOU at COMMUNICATING? It matters!
Do you ever feel left out or forgot about?
Maybe you need to look at YOUR part in it. It takes COMMUNICATION with others to be a part of each others lives!
YOU don't ATTRACT what you WANT, YOU ATTRACT WHAT YOU ARE!!
Make that phone call, send a txt, OPEN the lines of COMMUNICATION!! And if it works, GREAT! If it doesn't~ MOVE ON!
In the end, HOW people TREAT YOU is THEIR KARMA but how YOU REACT is YOURS!
SPEAK JOY into your life and JOY is what will come out!!
Have a SENSATIONAL Saturday!!
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Dec 8, 2013
Sunday's Inspiration 12/08/13~ To find friends, BE ONE
FRIENDS are hard to find!
In a lifetime
you only find a few who are TRUE!
And when you FIND them,
you always KNOW them by sight
and HEART alone!
You always GROW
a little bit taller in your SOUL
and you know you have been BLESSED
just to know them!!
The fastest way to FIND those FRIENDS
is to BE ONE!!
Because REAL FRIENDSHIP is not a big thing
but a billion little things!!
A HUGE THANK YOU
to ALL my FRIENDS today!!
YOU make me SMILE!
YOU give me PURPOSE!!
And YOU have TOUCHED my SOUL!!
Sep 7, 2013
Saturday's Inspiration 09/07/13~ How to get FRIENDS!
GOOD friends are like stars!
You don't always see them
but you know they are always there!
GREAT friends are hard to find,
difficult to leave
and impossible to forget!
A BEST friend isn't someone who's just always there for you.
It's someone who understand you
a bit more than you understand yourself!!
Either way,
FRIENDS are the FAMILY we CHOOSE!!
They lift our hearts,
calm our fears and
ENCOURAGE us to SHINE!!
And the best way to get a friend,
is to BE ONE!!
Mar 12, 2013
Tuesday's Inspiration 3/12/13
What makes a TRUE friend?
I learned a little something about that yesterday~
TRUE FRIENDS...
talk without intention,
give without reason,
care without expectation,
love without condition,
and will be there,
either in spirit or with their presence,
through thick and thin.
They say good friends are hard to find
but I say TRUE FRIENDS last a lifetime!
Don't forget to CELEBRATE your FRIENDS EVERY day~
because they are your chosen FAMILY!
Wishing ALL my FRIENDS a TREMENDOUSLY TERRIFIC Tuesday!!! ♥
Feb 15, 2013
Friday's Inspiration 2/15/13
They say YOU BECOME
who you surround your self with!
Lay down with dogs and you WILL come up with fleas!
Choose the people who have your ear carefully
for they are helping to set the course of your future!
Pick those people that bring the BEST out in you!
Pick those people who CHALLENGE you to be a better person!
And pick those who ENCOURAGE, INSPIRE & MOTIVATE you
towards GREATNESS!
Life is too short...
LIVE IT the BEST you can with BEST you can find!
Make it a FANTASTIC FRIEND FRIDAY!! ♥
Feb 5, 2013
Tuesday's Inspiration 2/05/13
People come in and out of our lives for many reasons.
When we find one that we feel understands us to our core,
we call them our BEST FRIEND!
Best friends have your back all the time, near or far!
They become our chosen family and a part of our lives!
I consider each of them BLESSINGS from God!
Today take 2 seconds and let YOUR best friend KNOW
what they mean to you!
Because when they are gone,
it will be too late!
Make it a LOVING Tuesday filled with FRIENDSHIP from the HEART!! ♥
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