FRIENDSHIP

Your life is your
responsibility; my life is my responsibility.
There can be no healthy relationships unless
we first take complete responsibility for our
individual lives. Let’s learn to help other
people without letting their lives become a
perpetual bug in our lives. Truly mutual and
interdependent relationships develop
between independent people. These are
people who are secure in themselves, and
they have taken charge of their lives.
On the other hand, the dependent ones can
only develop dependent relationships. They
need the relationship to be secure, and to
meet an unmet inner need. Love, serve and
share with people, but don’t prostrate
yourself to be walked over by others. If you
have to continue to sacrifice your happiness
for their, they are not your friend!
Stay grateful for all your relationships; spend
more time with people who inspire you to
become better than you are. You are a friend,
not a trash can; you are a friend, not the
credit bureau; you are a neighbor, not an
ATM!