16 PURPOSE OF FRIENDSHIP

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1.TO HAVE SOMEONE TO LEAN ON WHEN YOU ARE NOT STRONG.

2.TO HAVE SOMEONE TO ENCOURAGE AND CHEER YOU UP.

3.TO HAVE SOMEONE TO SHARE YOUR PROBLEM WITH.

4.TO HAVE SOMEONE TO STAND BY YOU, BELIEVE AND STAND IN FOR YOU.

5.TO HAVE A COMPANION:ONE WHO CAN STAY AND GO WITH YOU IN TIME DESERSION.

6.TO HAVE A JONATHAN: ONE WHO CAN HELP YOU STEP UP IN LIFE.

7.SOMEONE TO MOTIVATE AND SURPORT YOU FINANCIALLY, WHO WILL SAY “GO I AM BEHIND YOU.

8.SOMEONE WHO CAN DELIVER YOU IN TIME OF TROUBLE AND OUT OF DANGER.

9.SOMEONE WHOM WHEN YOU REMEMBER, EVEN WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE DYING, YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE AGAIN.

10.SOMEONE WHO CAN ACCEPT YOU THE WAY YOU ARE.

11.SOMEONE WHO CAN SOLVE YOUR PROBLEM.

12.ONE WHO CAN DISCOVER THE GREATE POTENTIALS IN YOU.

13.SOMEONE WHO CAN FORGIVE AND STILL DO GOOD TO YOU.

14.SOMEONE WHO WILL KNOW YOUR WEAKNESS AND STILL SPEAK GOOD ABOUT YOU.

15.SOMEONE WHO YOU CAN COMFIDE IN, WHO WILL NOT LET YOUR SECREAT OUT.

16.SOMEONE WHO CAN DEFEND AND PROTECT YOU.

FROM CARLOS SLIM HELU, THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD

Success is not about doing things well or even very well, or being acknowledged by others. It is not an external opinion, but rather an internal status. It is the harmony between the soul and your emotions, which requires love, family, friendship, authenticity and integrity.
To be as exceptional as you are is a privilege, but it also entails many risks that can have an impact on values that are much more important than professional, economic, social or political “success”. Emotional strength and stability are in the interior life, and in avoiding emotions that erode the soul such as envy, jealousy, arrogance, lust, selfishness, vengeance, greed and laziness, which are a poison that is ingested little by little.
When you give, do not expect to receive. “Fragrance clings to the hand that gives the rose,” says a Chinese proverb. Do not allow negative feelings and emotions to control your mind. Emotional harm does not come from others; it is conceived and developed within ourselves.
Do not mix up your values or betray your principles. Life’s road is very long, but it is traveled fast. Live the present intensely and fully, do not let the past be a burden, and let the future be an incentive. Each person forges his or her own destiny and it may influence reality. Do not ignore it.
Live with positive feelings and emotions such as love, friendship, loyalty, courage, joy, good humor, enthusiasm, peace, serenity, patience, trust, tolerance, prudence and responsibility. Do not allow their opposites to invade your soul, may they pass quickly from your mind, do not allow them to stay there, banish them. You will make mistakes many times, it is normal and human; but try to make them small, then accept, correct and forget them. Do not be obsessed by them; heaven and hell are within us. What is most valuable in life does not cost anything but is very precious: love, friendship, nature and what man has been able to achieve with it; the forms, colors, sounds, smells that we perceive with our senses can only be appreciated when we are emotionally awake.
Live without fear and guilt; fear is the worst feeling men can have, it weakens them, inhibits action and depresses them. Guilt is a tremendous burden in our lives, the way we think and act. Guilt and fear make the present difficult and obstruct the future. To fight them, let us have good sense and accept ourselves as we are, with our realities, our merits and our sorrows.
Staying occupied displaces preoccupation and problems, and when we face our problems, they disappear. Thus, they make us stronger every day. We should learn from failure, and successes should be silent incentives. Act always as your conscience dictates, because it never lies. Fear and guilt will then be minimal. Do not block yourself in, do not ruin your life, live it with intelligence, with soul and senses aware and on the alert; get to know their manifestations and train yourselves to appreciate and enjoy life.
Work well done is not only a responsibility to yourselves and society; it is also an emotional need.
At the end we depart with nothing, we leave behind only our work, family and friends, and, perhaps, a positive influence which we have planted.

PREPARED, PLANTED, PLACED, PRUNED AND PROSPERED.

Before God put Adam in the garden, he formed him.
There is a purpose of preparation God takes us through in
order to make what we need to be. God must deal with our
inconsistencies, personality, area of distrust, unresolved
childhood issues, scars flaw etc.
How long does it take? Only God knows.
Admit it even at your age don’t you still recognize some
childish ways in your life? Anybody would have given up on
you, but God has plans and he is committed to it.
We should all wear a sign that says: “work in progress”.
Come what may in life, be mindful of: work in progress.
You must pass through processes before becoming finished goods.

The Bible says the lord “formed man out of the dust of the
ground” (Gen 2:7) what’s God working with? “Dirt” And the
tools he uses to form you are the experiences you go through
in life. They shape and alter you. And the more you try it your
own way, the longer the process takes. It may take you five
years to quit people-pleasing or ten years to stop feeling sorry
for yourself, or twenty years to stop reliving your childhood.
All the while God is telling you “stop it” and you are saying
“yeah I will be better” then finally a crisis happens and the
truth hits you. At that point you say “you know what? I’m going
to forget those things which are behind and start reaching for
things which are before.