OK today I want to talk about friends and I don't mean the TV show. If you don't have them, you should really try and make some. I know an amazing woman named D. She has lots of great friends and I have truly enjoyed meeting them. I have met some that were very old friends and some that were relatively recent. A friend of my dad once asked me if I had any old golf balls. "No," I replied. "Well then I bet you are not a very good golfer," he said.
Let me ask this question. If you are an adult, do you have any old friends? If not, ask yourself this question, "Am I a good friend?" You might be surprised at the answer. See my dad's friend was telling me that if I did not play golf for a long period of time and keep the same golf balls around then I was hitting them very badly and losing many of them. I think it's the same way with our friends. If we don't have any old ones, we must be treating them badly and losing them.
So I think old friends are important. I recently had the opportunity to go visit with a friend of mine named A. A and I became friends in 7th grade. That was thirty years ago and we are still friends to this day. When we went to visit him, I went with another friend of mine named, B. B and I met in 7th grade as well. It was fun retelling the stories of our childhood growing up in Saginaw, Texas. I can say these people know stuff about me that I hope doesn't find it's way to the internet!
But what about making new friends? As I said, D has a lot of friends. One of them is a great lady named K. I have only been around K a few times but I really respect her. She's a great mom and a good friend. She and D met within the last few years and have been fast friends since. So let me turn the tables a little on our earlier discussion. When was the last time you made a new friend? If it has been several years, maybe it's time to think about making a new one.
How do we do that you ask? The answer is much simpler than you think. We make new friends by being friendly. That's really pretty simple stuff right. Well for me, I am a little bit of an introvert so showing myself friendly can definitely be work. Now when I write this blog, I share a lot of personal stuff so you might think I am an open book and in many respects that is true. But sometimes it can be hard for me to reach out to people and make friends when I don't know them.
So let me close with this. Friendships are so very important. Our true friends are always there for us and it is great because unlike family we get to chose our friends. I will try to post something about chosing your friends wisely but for now, let me just close by asking you this. If you did a personal inventory of all your friends, how many would you have? Is that enough? Only you can answer that.
And that's another Opinion of the Minion.
Let me ask this question. If you are an adult, do you have any old friends? If not, ask yourself this question, "Am I a good friend?" You might be surprised at the answer. See my dad's friend was telling me that if I did not play golf for a long period of time and keep the same golf balls around then I was hitting them very badly and losing many of them. I think it's the same way with our friends. If we don't have any old ones, we must be treating them badly and losing them.
So I think old friends are important. I recently had the opportunity to go visit with a friend of mine named A. A and I became friends in 7th grade. That was thirty years ago and we are still friends to this day. When we went to visit him, I went with another friend of mine named, B. B and I met in 7th grade as well. It was fun retelling the stories of our childhood growing up in Saginaw, Texas. I can say these people know stuff about me that I hope doesn't find it's way to the internet!
But what about making new friends? As I said, D has a lot of friends. One of them is a great lady named K. I have only been around K a few times but I really respect her. She's a great mom and a good friend. She and D met within the last few years and have been fast friends since. So let me turn the tables a little on our earlier discussion. When was the last time you made a new friend? If it has been several years, maybe it's time to think about making a new one.
How do we do that you ask? The answer is much simpler than you think. We make new friends by being friendly. That's really pretty simple stuff right. Well for me, I am a little bit of an introvert so showing myself friendly can definitely be work. Now when I write this blog, I share a lot of personal stuff so you might think I am an open book and in many respects that is true. But sometimes it can be hard for me to reach out to people and make friends when I don't know them.
So let me close with this. Friendships are so very important. Our true friends are always there for us and it is great because unlike family we get to chose our friends. I will try to post something about chosing your friends wisely but for now, let me just close by asking you this. If you did a personal inventory of all your friends, how many would you have? Is that enough? Only you can answer that.
And that's another Opinion of the Minion.
Right on!!
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