friends?collecting vs. investing ? hugmamma's MIND, BODY and ...

Much is made of immersing oneself in friendships, and I agree wholeheartedly. How one goes about doing so is impacted by one?s childhood and life experiences. Trust is often a contributing factor, as is genuine caring for one another?s well-being.

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Making friends and keeping them is easy for some. For others, making friends is easy; keeping them, not so much. And yet for others, making friends is difficult and keeping them is easy. Finally, I am truly sorry for those who find both making and keeping them impossible.

Because of?insecurities that have plagued me all my life,?a direct result?of my mom?s own ongoing struggles, I vaccillate between making friends easily and keeping them, and making friends easily and seeing them drift away.

In discovering my own peace within society?s expectations, I find I don?t need to collect friends?just?to ensure that I won?t be?alone?as the years pass. Rather, I find?truly investing in a few, inclusive of my husband and daughter, is enough for me.

I love people, as they are. I don?t expect them to change for me.?And I desire the same in return. Trying to meld personalities is not always easy?and I don?t?battle for compatibility?not?being a fan of confrontation. Too much depletes?my spirit?and saddens me.

Investing regularly of?self, time, and energy is the only sure-fire way of maintaining relationships. Letting months go by can impact their solidity, especially in times of strife. Opening up to one another, regularly, is?the glue.

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My blogger friends invest as much as they can, given their own lives and responsibilities. So that?s a common understanding amongst us from the get-go. I love when they?re in my life, but understand when they?re not. But when we pick up again?it?s as though we never stopped talking. The admiration and support is still there.

Don?t just collect friends for security?invest in them?fully?with your thoughts, your passions, your insecurities, your dreams?and let them do the same with you.

Demanding friends be loyal runs counter to being a friend. Accept friendship as it is offered?when it lapses?be grateful for what it had been?

?cherish the memories?and move forward?knowing that you?ve a wonderful life?and are?blest for having had a few moments of someone?s time?i am?

???hugmamma.?

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