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I believe that even if we only meet someone for a few minutes, there is always a reason or purpose for it. They are either there to take from what we have, to add to us, or to simply be there whether we progress or not.
For whatever reason, I try to pick my friends carefully and keep certain people away from me before I call them friends. If we don't do anything together that involves building, helping each other, or making memories, you might just be a classmate, a church acquaintance, or a Hive acquaintance. I may know you or have your contact information, but that does not make us friends, only acquaintances.
When I meet new people, I analyze them and ask myself the following questions:
- Would I be impacting their lives?
- Would they be impacting mine?
- What foundation would these relationships be built on?
These are the reasons why people who eventually become close to me testify that I have impacted their lives in some way or another, or have chosen to be impacted by them. I enjoy being around people who are hungry for progress, who take life seriously, and who work hard to improve their situation. This is because I have these characteristics, and having people with similar characteristics keeps me from straying from them.
In another case, if I come to make friends with people on whom I believe I can have an impact or assist them in finding direction in their lives, I always do my best to assist and encourage the person on the condition that the person also wishes to improve their life or find a focus in theirs.
When I see a zeal for growth and progress, I am encouraged to do more but when I see that most of the effort comes from me as it is more like I am pushing the person without their will to, then I back out of the friendship. This doesn't mean I would not greet the person if I see the person, or means I would snub the person if I see the person, only just that I would not choose to spend my time on such a person on a normal day.
Recently, I have been encountering these types of people who I feel like I could help grow, but I don't see them wanting to put forth the zeal or sacrifice. I have tried to make some sacrifices by my side to support them, but they still seem to take my efforts for granted. It hurts, but there's nothing more I can do.
By the way, I appreciate the friends I already have. The connections I've made in the past and the ones I currently have helped shape who I am today and what I might become in the future.
A word of advice: study the people who come close to you and determine the type of people they are; if they are those who don't care about anything that happens to you or take from you without contributing anything, I must say that it is okay to cut them out of your life.
That's all for now... Signing out β...
WHO IS STARSTRINGS01
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Starstrings01, also known as Giftedhands, attends the Federal University of Agriculture in Abeokuta to study Mechatronics Engineering. He is a lover of the hive, a guitarist from Nigeria, and a student.
His ambition on Hive is to be more than just an ordinary blogger; he wants to be someone with a purpose. That's why he started the newbies initiative 
He tries to juggle education with being active on the chain, but his love and passion for Hive keep him on track..
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