Friends vs. Enemies
An enemy talks about you behind your back without any remorse or desire to change the behavior.
A friend won’t talk bad about you behind your back, but if they do a friend will apologize for their mistake.
An enemy will lie to you in your face and make it seem like you’re the liar when they are confronted.
A friend will be honest with you and be able to face the truth when they are wrong.
An enemy doesn’t want any good to come your way and only lives for your destruction.
A friend prays earnestly that you will live a successful, healthy, and beautiful life.
An enemy will take advantage of you every moment he or she can. They will be spiteful when they should be appreciative, hurtful when they should be grateful, and put you down when they should be building you up.
A friend will look for opportunities to be a blessing to you and not just wait for opportunities to be blessed. They will be forgiving when they shouldn’t forgive; they will appreciate you, even when they feel unappreciated, they will be grateful, and will not allow others to tear you down.
An enemy cares nothing for your tears.
A friend will cry with you.
An enemy can ignore you for days, months, even years.
A friend will send some form of contact to let you know they care or they are thinking of you.
An enemy is content looking at your drama as their entertainment.
A friend will let you know you may need to change in order to grow and press forward.
An enemy will let you do them wrong to gain sympathy from others.
A friend will point out your wrong and hold you accountable to righting that wrong.
An enemy won’t support you in anything positive.
A friend will support you when no one else will.
How many of us have been friends? How many of us can live up to the standards of the kind of friend described in these statements? How many enemies do we have posing as friends? Are you a friend or an enemy in disguise? We have to learn that our actions speak louder than words and that we can’t go around calling people our friends and unable to live up to the standards of being a friend. Don’t get me wrong friends will mess up and so will you, but at the end of the day you know a friend because they stick closer than a brother.
Friends vs. Enemies
Joseph is a Licensed Graduate Social Worker in the Washington, DC area. Joseph is the author of the forthcoming book “Love Me Right or Not at All”, A Quick Guide to Loving Yourself and Others the Healthy Way. This book seeks to assist everyone who reads it to love with balance and give love to the right people. Joseph is striving to become an expert in the practice of relationship empowerment. He strives to build healthy, powerful, and well-balanced relationships in the lives of everyone who seeks after the knowledge, values, and skills Joseph has honed over the last ten years. Joseph is an aspiring Marriage and Family Therapist, but to also travel around the nation and hopefully the world, to spread the message that relationships can be simple, yet amazing if you put in the work. Relationships are vital to the human experience and often shape our mindsets, our personalities, and our environments. Knowing this, Joseph works to encourage not only those who believe in his skills, but also works passionately to build his knowledge and skills in the area of relationships to present the best of who he is both personally and professionally.
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