Why do my friends like me?
It's a question that's been asked so many times. I can't answer the question myself because i'm not one of my own friends. I've gotten so many different answers"I'm a sweet, Caring, Compassionate guy"
"Your Faith in God"
"Your amazing personality"
"You have this thing that draws people close to you"
No matter what answer I get, every one is different. I don't like to put labels on myself but I think of myself as the well-mannered Christian Child from a broken home. Yes, that's right I do come from a broken home and it's funny to think that most people come from the exact same situation and end up being a whole lot better off (in most cases not all cases)
I live with my Grandparents, I lost my mother at the young age of thirteen, I lost a friend in high school, I lost a friend in college due to a violent shooting. Why am I telling you all of this?
It's because it's a part of who I really am.
Nobody knows me better than I know myself or so the saying goes.
Sometimes you learn more from your friends than you learn from yourself, and other times God shows you a direction and points you in it.
Now you can choose to be stubborn and go in the other direction, but that leads to a whole lot of heartache and pain.
God places certain people in our lives for a reason, "Either your a blessing or a lesson"
I don't know exactly how many people are my lessons, but I do learn more about who are my blessings each and every single day.
I am not going to lie to you guys, a post I saw on facebook inspired this, but hey inspiration comes from everywhere. A man named Albert Camus once said "Don't walk behind me; I may not lead, Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow, just walk beside me as my friend" When I read this quote I think of all the times I've let others lead in my high school and middle school days and questioned why I couldn't be a leader. I AM A LEADER! I learned that the hard way when I reached college having to make my own decisions was not easy, but i'm still alive aren't I??
A famous Bob Marley quote reads "The truth is, everyone is gonna hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for." I think i'm learning so I may not make the best decisions in life but I do know for a fact that those people worth suffering for are the ones who will love me the most and never let me go.
So I leave you guys with a question think about it as you finish reading this and maybe answer it in the comments if you're feeling it. Why Do my friends like me?
