Best Lessons Not Learned In Classroom

Some of the most valuable lessons in life are not on the curriculum and there is no standardized test to measure so-called success.  I'm guiding my children about the nature of people and those we want to consider "friends." One kid of mine is experiencing the back-stabbing sensation of a situation gone awry.   My bottom line advice:  Be VERY picky about those you let into your inner circle. 

The people who are most prone to screw you over are your "friends" when you throw money into the mix.  One of my kids is learning this lesson the hard way.  In a way I'm glad, as greed surfaces and trumps friendship most of the time.  Cross those people off your list -- immediately.  Good riddance.  The universe did my kid a favor by presenting the true colors of Friend before serious damage could be done.  

The other "friend" you need to eliminate immediately is one who lies to you.  True friendship can endure raw honesty -- no matter what it is.  You will find that you can count true friends in single digits as you go through life.  

Step back and let the universe do its work.  False friends disguising themselves as true can't dodge the truth forever.  When that happens simply embrace the lesson learned, distance yourself, and move on.  Those with sincerity in their hearts will eventually gravitate toward each other.  You may have to go through some heartaches before you get to gold, but that is what makes the friendship even more special.  If you don't find gold, at least you spared yourself being used by the countless vampires who suck from you and then leave you for dead. 

6 Friends

Yes, even bitchy me has six friends from childhood that I am still in contact with. They come out once a year to visit and have a good time.... and it IS a good time.

One of my friends quoted a movie. I think the movie was Stand by Me and it was the closing line. Pardon me if I butcher it, but it went something like this, "I would give anything to have friends like I did when I was 12 years-old. But then.... Jesus.... doesn't everybody?"

I am fortunate enough to say that I still do have the friends I had when I was 12....