Friendships

A Good Friend will Tell You the Truth

True friendships provide an opportunity for spiritual guidance by giving you information that might be hard for you to hear. Since friends typically are familiar with you, they can see things that casual acquaintances don't.

A good friend can tell you almost anything without permanently damaging the relationship beyond repair. A huge fight can make you part ways for a time but reconciliation may occur, where as Romantic Relationships are less likely to reunite once they have ended.

I believe healthy Romantic Relationships either start out as friendships or they develope that during the relationship. This should be the case, considering you have chosen to spend most of your time with this individual. If you're not friends at some point, then I don't believe you have a true partnership.

Deniece and I were close friends for two years before romance began to flourish. Had we not been, it's likely our relationship would have dissolved. We endured some extreme circumstances at the beginning of our relationship, and without a solid bond that was built on friendship, I believe those hardships could have been too much for us to bear.

I noticed that whenever my life path took me in a new direction, my relationships would tend to dissolve as my personal circumstances changed. This was especially true once I began to awaken because even close friends can struggle when the dynamic of the relationship changes. It can be hard for them to embrace the "new you".

Most friendships have a shelf life. And in todays world, with innovations like the internet, we can stay in touch over limitless long distances. But there is still no substitute for face to face contact. The people you share actual space with have a better opportunity to mirror yourself back to you, and ultimately seem to have more impact on your daily life.

I cherish all the friendships I have had, even the ones that dissolved through negative circumstances. After beginning the Awakening Process, I have now come to see that everyone who has ever been a part of my life, is my friend. This includes the people I once considered my worst enemies!

Everyone is here to support me, and each person has something unique to offer that promotes my growth and understanding.

We are all united in the common goal of increasing consciousness on this planet. No matter what your role is, this truth still applies and we all help each other to accomplish it.

"We are all longing to go home to some place we have never been, a place half-remembered and half envisioned, we can only catch glimpses of from time to time. Community. Somewhere, there are people to whom we can speak with passion without having the words catch in our throats. Somewhere a circle of hands will open to receive us, eyes will light up as we enter, voices will celebrate with us whenever we come into our own power. Community means strength that joins our strength to do the work that needs to be done. Arms to hold us when we falter. A circle of healing. A circle of friends. Someplace where we can be free."
Starhawk

"It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear to see a stain upon him, and to speak painful truth through loving words, that is friendship."
Henry Ward Beecher

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