When things are going well everyone is your buddy but at the first sign of ominous clouds those capricious ‘friends’ take to the fair skies of popular opinion and the court of public opinion to help them decide if they want to take the easier softer way and throw you under the proverbial bus.
I love when someone has the courage to meet me face to face when they have a beef with me. Too often I have found that it’s much easier for someone to communicate disdain and prejudgment whispered behind your back armed with just rumor and innuendo. Most people can’t see both sides only what they want to see.
People often have opinions but just like apertures everyone has one and often the one without the voice box does all the talking. When fair skies turn black that’s when you can see just who your friends really are.
A hand to guide you ,a word of encouragement, a tongue lashing when appropriate are all acts of the love of a friend. To disagree is much more difficult than accepting deeds or actions that are not in the best interest of a friend. A true friend will never ask you to do anything that could adversely effect you in any way. Friendship is love in it's purest f
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