We'll see - the jury is still out on next week's postings.
Some days, like today, I feel the need to share - but no real meat to the topic.
That is why I began subscribing to the "Post a day" idea thing that I found at a blogger site. And although I've been subscribing to that for several months now, I'm not sure that I've actually used one of their topics. So that all changes... today. And the topic isn't even one of the better ones, but here goes nothing!
The topic: How many friends can a person have?
I guess today's post should be easy with my ending "Number:" thought.. but see, I already digress.
For some reason, this brings me back to something I received via a notorious chain-mail back in 2006. It's one of the few items I still have in my email box. Perhaps I was impressionable at the time, but it something that I often think about anytime "friends" are mentioned. So here it is... Wish I could quote the author.
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PEOPLE COME INTO YOUR LIFE FOR A REASON
People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you
know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When
someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you
have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to
provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally
or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there
for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your
part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to
bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk
away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must
realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is
done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move
on.
Some people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come
to share, grow or learn. They bring you an experience of peace or make you
laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give
you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it, it is real. But only for a
season!
LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons, things you must build
upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept
the lesson, love the person and put what you have learned to use in all
other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind
but friendship is clairvoyant.
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I really hate to "categorize" my friends - things like who is your "best" friend, or what's your "number" of friends.
Friends are very special, though. And regardless of when - or why - my friends have been in my life, they have each made a difference and helped me become a piece - a small fraction - of who I am today. Many of my friends I do not speak to often. For some, it has possibly been years that have gone by. However... I am lucky - and blessed - to have several very special people in my life. For those people, I am honored to be able to call them my friend.
The "daily" topic suggests I should answer questions with this blog such as, "How many good or close friends do you think a person can have?" and "What happens if they try to maintain more than that?"
I think the only question I'll bother to answer today, though, is the final one asked: "What about social networks like Facebook and Twitter?"
My "Number:" for today is my current Facebook friend count. Dumb, perhaps - but that's the only way I know to "count." After all, I don't really want to spend all evening coming up with a list on my own!
Love: Friends
Hope: I continue, as the song says, to "Make new friends, but keep the old. Some are silver and the others Gold."
Do: Study. Because I must.
Number:
