Amigo;
Even when the moon decides to show up at sunrise, I still got you!
The Good book makes mention of the word ‘friend’ several times in there. But the extract from Proverbs 18: 24 caught my attention, “there are friends who pretend to be friends, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.” Our families are magnificent, meticulously designed by God to support us and make our lives better, but there are just friends that stick much closer than a brother. Like a puzzle, our lives are incomplete without the missing piece…amigo…
Friendship has been proven over the years to be as relevant to us as it extends our life expectancy rate and lower chances of heart disease.
‘I think if I’ve learned anything about friendship, it’s to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don’t walk away, don’t be distracted, don’t get too busy or tired, and don’t take them for granted. Friends are part of the glue that holds life and faith together. Powerful stuff.‘ .Jon Katz.
Now let’s read that again, more carefully.
Amigo in Spanish simply means a friend.
Life has it in such a way that we need each other to survive. Though people are sometimes not easy to deal with and tolerate, that’s what life presented to us and we are supposed to make the best out of it. Holding grudges and cutting people off only results in a lot more calamity. ‘Never leave a friend behind. Friends are all we have to get us through this life and they are the only things from this world that we hope to see in the next.’ Dean Koontz
Friendship has been proven over the years to be as relevant to us as it extends our life expectancy rate and lower chances of heart disease. It is basically a tool that our survival revolves around. A 2011 study detailed the role of the neurobiological endogenous opioid system (the stuff in our brain that makes us feel good) in positive social relationships. Another study in 2016 showed evidence of the release of oxytocin in primate brains during social interactions. Psychologists also conducted a study later that year that revealed that levels of tolerance could be predicted on how many friends one has.
A recent Harvard study also concluded that having solid friends in our life even helps promote brain health. It is, therefore, of much benefit to us should we be open and engage in a lot of positive relationships. Apart from adding up to push you towards your optimum health, it’s very ideal. Imagine a life without friends!
Forgiving regularly, loving, caring, and being available at all times. Let’s look at life as a puzzle, as a game of chess, we need players along else it gets so boring.
As the saying goes, choose friends who force you to level up, nevertheless, don’t forget to help those who need you in one way or the other to be strong.
Before you finish this, make a new friend, change the world, tap someone, forgive that old friend, and let them know the friend they have in you! Is it not awesome to grow old and miserable with friends?
