It is no new occurrence that, people would stay around success more than they would around failure, everyone desires success, I guess that explains the reason why that happens and I am no judge of people's actions. Today's post is inspired by the interview of a famous artist, he said at some point in his life, he had to sit and reflect on his spending and living habits because he had around 50 young men who are always around him, he was always footing their bills and taking care of them from time to time.
One day, he called all these 50 men and told them, he had some financial difficulty and would not be able to able to foot their bills anymore, within the space of two weeks according to him, he had only five guys left with him, the other 45 men had found their way out of his house and out of his life for real, he decided to stick with just these 5 men and years down the line while granting the interview, he only had those five friends in his life, he didn't give room for other ones.
The test of loyalty in humans is sometimes a very big deal especially when you have everything going on well for you, there is a need for loyal friends because they help make life easier and they are always going to be around and tick around regardless of how things go.
Helpful tips to identify true friends.
There is no 100 percent certainty that these tips would guarantee the test of true friendship, but certainly, they would be a good guide toward helping us identify who good friends are;
Are your friends comfortable around you? As established earlier, once you are financially stable, people would like to be around you a whole lot, if not for any other thing, but for the financial benefit they would get around you. Asides from the fact, these friends like you around, you need to observe if they are genuinely happy being around you.
Do they make out time to see you and spend quality time with you or are they just around based on when they need something from you?Are your friends supportive? A good relationship is one built on mutual benefit and not a parasitic one, are your friends never supportive of you? Then it is time for a re-check on the stand of the friendship.
Are your secrets safe with them? Friends are people you should be able to completely open up to and speak to about those things bothering you. If your so-called friends are quick to spill on the verge of little disagreements, then you may have to recheck your stand with them.
Are you happy around them: Regardless of everything, your happiness is vital and extremely necessary, you need to answer genuine questions on if you really feel comfortable around these people and if you are genuinely happy around them.
There are several other points to be unveiled, but I will stop here for now, I believe these listed points should be very helpful.