Chris Meistre

In life you’ve got people you know, you’ve got friends, and then you’ve got FRIENDS.  Those “do anything for” friends.  Of those, we only have a handful really special ones.  I’m wondering this morning if that’s how it is for other people as well, do you in your mind distinguish the FRIENDS from the friends?

I bring this up because we had a very nice afternoon and evening with friends of ours that are visiting from London at the moment.  We were welcomed into their parents home as if we’re part of the family, and yet it’s the first time we met their parents.  It was something that took us both a bit aback.

During the evening they also mentioned how their friends just didn’t want to make the effort to drive about 100km to come and visit them.  When we heard they were here, we made a plan to get to them to see how they’re doing!  After all, we only get to see them once or maybe twice a year now.  So it just made me think a bit about the different types of friends you get.  Fair weather friends, friends that are always around, positive friends, negative friends and a lot more other types.

The wrong type of friends can just do you damage, I know I used to have a lot of those a couple of years ago.