How To Make Friends, by My Friends
If I were to ask a few of my favorite people why they have good friendships, they would probably say this:
Jenny would say:
1. Choose your friends wisely. Get to know the person first and see if they are trustworthy.
2. Be interested in everything that is said.
3. Laugh.
4. Don't be shallow. Instead, talk about the things that are most important to you.
5. Do things together with your friends. Work, play, eat, walk.
6. Don't let a friendship fade away once you have established it.
Jill would say:
1. Ask lots of questions. Find out everything about the other person's life. People are fascinating when they finally open up.
2. Give them fun projects to do that maximize their talents. Work together on projects.
3. Help your friends out. You never know when you will need to cash in on a favor.
4. Loan your books. Then you have more in common to talk about.
5. Don't get your feelings hurt about little things.
6. Be passionate and excited about everything. People love people who have enthusiasm. They are entertaining.
Jeremy would say:
1. Be POLITE to everybody, even strangers.
2. Joke a lot. Laugh until you can't breath.
3. Be compassionate. Let yourself feel someone else's sadness.
4. Be reliable. Earn other peoples' respect by doing what you are supposed to.
5. Respect good people. Avoid evil people who don't mind hurting fellow human beings.
April would say :
1. Always try to be a better person tomorrow than you were yesterday.
2. Love family unconditionally.
3. Give advise. People love the attention.
4. Don't act like you are perfect. It makes people feel inferior.
5. Hug.
6. Read. It makes you interesting.
7. Write. It keeps you from being shallow.
8. Think. Even if it drives you nuts. At least it the drive will take you somewhere new.
Mom
1. Be sweet. Don't worry about over-doing it. There's no such thing as too sweet.
2. Set boundaries about how you expect people to treat you.
3. Smile.
4. Tell stories about your week.
5. Call your mother every day. Then when you are old, your daughter will call you.
Dad
1. Teach people how to do things. It will help them in life.
2. Be there, available.
3. Puns are fun! Corny is fun! If a joke is funny, tell it again and act it out.
4. Coax the women in your life to plan social events for you. They are good with that.
Kelly
1. Be cheerful, fun and laugh at the good times.
2. Entertain your friends with impromtu songs and stories.
3. Get involved emotionally.
4. Always try to improve yourself.
Me
1. Understand that each person is an eternal soul, the very image of God and loved by Him.
2. Find ways to help people out.
3. When you are with someone, spend half of the time talking and the other half listening.
4. Tell people what you like about them.
Jenny would say:
1. Choose your friends wisely. Get to know the person first and see if they are trustworthy.
2. Be interested in everything that is said.
3. Laugh.
4. Don't be shallow. Instead, talk about the things that are most important to you.
5. Do things together with your friends. Work, play, eat, walk.
6. Don't let a friendship fade away once you have established it.
Jill would say:
1. Ask lots of questions. Find out everything about the other person's life. People are fascinating when they finally open up.
2. Give them fun projects to do that maximize their talents. Work together on projects.
3. Help your friends out. You never know when you will need to cash in on a favor.
4. Loan your books. Then you have more in common to talk about.
5. Don't get your feelings hurt about little things.
6. Be passionate and excited about everything. People love people who have enthusiasm. They are entertaining.
Jeremy would say:
1. Be POLITE to everybody, even strangers.
2. Joke a lot. Laugh until you can't breath.
3. Be compassionate. Let yourself feel someone else's sadness.
4. Be reliable. Earn other peoples' respect by doing what you are supposed to.
5. Respect good people. Avoid evil people who don't mind hurting fellow human beings.
April would say :
1. Always try to be a better person tomorrow than you were yesterday.
2. Love family unconditionally.
3. Give advise. People love the attention.
4. Don't act like you are perfect. It makes people feel inferior.
5. Hug.
6. Read. It makes you interesting.
7. Write. It keeps you from being shallow.
8. Think. Even if it drives you nuts. At least it the drive will take you somewhere new.
Mom
1. Be sweet. Don't worry about over-doing it. There's no such thing as too sweet.
2. Set boundaries about how you expect people to treat you.
3. Smile.
4. Tell stories about your week.
5. Call your mother every day. Then when you are old, your daughter will call you.
Dad
1. Teach people how to do things. It will help them in life.
2. Be there, available.
3. Puns are fun! Corny is fun! If a joke is funny, tell it again and act it out.
4. Coax the women in your life to plan social events for you. They are good with that.
Kelly
1. Be cheerful, fun and laugh at the good times.
2. Entertain your friends with impromtu songs and stories.
3. Get involved emotionally.
4. Always try to improve yourself.
Me
1. Understand that each person is an eternal soul, the very image of God and loved by Him.
2. Find ways to help people out.
3. When you are with someone, spend half of the time talking and the other half listening.
4. Tell people what you like about them.
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