by Cindy Miller

Created on: January 31, 2010

It makes me think of the people in my life and who do I consider to be my friends, are there certain qualities they must possess in order for them to fit into that category called friends. Aren’t we supposed to love everyone the same from a Spiritual perspective? 

Do we rate ourselves on how many friends we have in our life? One of my friend’s limits her friends because she says if you have too many you can’t keep up with all of them.She would rather have a few great friendships that she can give more time to rather than spreading herself too thin with having too many. 

What about those people who don’t feel as if they have one friend and are totally alone, do they realize they always do indeed have one call Him “Father/Mother God”. I use both sexes when it comes to God for He does not discriminate, so don’t get hung up on the relationship if you are uncomfortable with a male friend. 

It is said friends are always there but in what capacity do we need them to be there? Is it when you are down and out that you need them to lend you a hand? Or is it when everything is honky dory that you want to go out and simply have fun with them. 

There are also those moments of celebration the party you want to throw and the list of who you will be inviting but isn’t every moment a time to celebrate. The opposite of this can also be when you have something that caused great sadness and you need a shoulder to cry on.  Is there a friend in your life who will they give you the space to do that with them? 

The time and effort we put into anything is subjective.  You can spend one week with someone whom you consider to have been one of your closest friends by how they touched your heart. 

When we try to place labels on people we can get in trouble by the expectation we have placed on them in any relationship. The point is this friends are you and me and it is how we treat each other in life that matters so shouldn’t everyone be our friend?  Now you may think I am being extreme but don’t friends do extreme things for one another?  It’s called friendship and your name is?

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