𝓢𝓸 𝔀𝓮 𝓶𝓪𝔂 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓖𝓸𝓭 𝓫𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻
𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓵 𝓗𝓲𝓼 𝓺𝓾𝓲𝓮𝓽 𝓹𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻,
𝓛𝓮𝓽 𝓾𝓼 𝓭𝓪𝓲𝓵𝔂 𝓴𝓮𝓮𝓹 𝓲𝓷 𝓼𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮
𝓐 𝓜𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓗𝓸𝓾𝓻-
𝓕𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓸 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓖𝓸𝓭’𝓼 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓼
𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓾𝓼𝓮 𝓗𝓲𝓼 𝓰𝓲𝓯𝓽𝓼 𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱 𝓭𝓪𝔂
𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓸𝓾𝓵 𝓶𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝓶𝓮𝓮𝓽 𝓱𝓲𝓶
𝓘𝓷 𝓪 𝓶𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝔀𝓪𝔂,
𝓕𝓸𝓻 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓕𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵𝓼 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓵𝓭𝓻𝓮𝓷
𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓗𝓲𝓼 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵
𝓣𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓶𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓴 𝓗𝓲𝓶 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓲𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮
𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓲𝓼 𝓬𝓪𝓵𝓶 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵…
𝓕𝓸𝓻 𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮’𝓼 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓬𝓮𝓼
𝓐𝓻𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭 𝓲𝓷 𝓺𝓾𝓲𝓮𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼
𝓛𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓼𝓸𝓯𝓽𝓵𝔂 𝓯𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓼𝓷𝓸𝔀𝓯𝓵𝓪𝓴𝓮𝓼
𝓓𝓻𝓲𝓯𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓭𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓸𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓵’𝓼 𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼,
𝓞𝓻 𝓹𝓮𝓽𝓪𝓵𝓼 𝓭𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓼𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼𝓵𝔂
𝓕𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓪 𝓵𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵𝔂 𝓯𝓾𝓵𝓵-𝓫𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓷 𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓮,
𝓢𝓸 𝓖𝓸𝓭 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓬𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓾𝓼
𝓦𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓼𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓲𝓷 𝓻𝓮𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓮…
𝓢𝓸 𝓵𝓮𝓽 𝓾𝓼 𝓹𝓵𝓪𝓷 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓹𝓻𝓪𝔂𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓮
𝓣𝓸 𝓪𝓵𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓸𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓮
𝓐 𝓬𝓮𝓻𝓽𝓪𝓲𝓷 𝓹𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓸𝓯 𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱 𝓭𝓪𝔂
𝓣𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓶𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓮…
𝓕𝓸𝓻 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓲𝓼 𝓺𝓾𝓲𝓮𝓽
𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓮’𝓻𝓮 𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓲𝓷 𝓶𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷,
𝓞𝓾𝓻 𝓼𝓸𝓾𝓵 𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓲𝓷𝓰
𝓕𝓸𝓻 𝓪 𝓭𝓮𝓮𝓹 𝓭𝓮𝓭𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷
𝓣𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓲𝓽 𝔀𝓱𝓸𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓫𝓵𝓮
𝓣𝓸 𝓺𝓾𝓲𝓮𝓽𝓵𝔂 𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓾𝓻𝓮
𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓿𝓲𝓸𝓵𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭 𝓪𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓭 𝓾𝓼-
𝓕𝓸𝓻 𝓖𝓸𝓭 𝔀𝓮 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓼𝓮𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓮.
Category: School of Hard Knocks
Thre Rights Of Any Friendship or Aquantence
I. You have the right to act toward others according to your own beliefs and values (not according to theirs), to live your own life (not to be lived by others), to live out your own decisions and to live with their consequences.
II. You have the right to see others as equal (regardless of how they see you), to esteem others as neither superior nor inferior (in spite of how they esteem you).
III.You have the right to renegotiate relationships (although the others resist review), to take new positions (though the others prefer the old), to change your mind (even when others doubt you have one).
IV. You have the right to fail (therefore the right to choose freely), the right to make mistakes (therefore the right to take risks).
V. You have the right to see your own perceptions, to feel your own feelings, to think your own thoughts, to act your own actions, to experience your own accountability.
The Essence of a Friend…
We have many, many, many, acquaintances in this life, But Few real friends.
When you think about it you want to be sad, Don’t this is how its supposed to be. I was trying to teach my teen daughter it is possible to have more than one best friend. where she argued a blue streak saying it just was not possible. I have learned otherwise there are different kinds of friends.
- The friendly acquaintance.
- Your casual friend( you know the one from high school you call every 6 mo to a year just to make sure their breathing, go camping or watch the super bowl with, or Ladies you go shopping twice a year.)
- Then there are your close friends,( You know the ones you hang with at the bar or coffee shop. once or twice a week.)
- Best friend type A:(the one you take to the gym, see every other day but still no call’s after 11pm. and you share your every day struggles to a point)
- BEST Friend best of the best.(the ones you call family even though you’re not related. Brothers from different mothers and sisters of the same.You share everything day or night ups, downs there is never TMI.)
For me, I love all unconditionally, and sometimes its hard to distinguish between 1&2.
but it happens and I get hurt. In explaining this to my daughter she started to get it.
Sometimes when I think of the people I consider family, some I have known for years and some only months and some I even never seen or I have but not in person all I do is talk to them on messenger or skype. but they are good people. you know how kids today say I have an app for that? well, I say I have a Friend for that. I have friends that share in most all of my interests and I have friends that share life experiences, so when I need my friends I go to the ones that can help the most first and then the rest. to start a spiral just
like the structure of the large shell, I’m in the center and all my Friends and Family are gathered around creating this strong support network.
Are you Getting it yet? its the same for you. there are some simple rules to follow…
- Always be Honest (Don’t Lie to your Friends)
- learn when to plead the fifth, ( to say I have no opinion)
- Always Listen, even when you think they’re totally out of their mind.
- Never Ever Take Your Friends For Granted!!!
- always have words of encouragement ready when needed.
- Don’t be afraid to tell your friends they are Messing up.
- If you can, give your friend the tools to get back on track.This is when I teach. If they have needs that need to be met, use your best judgment and refer to rule 11.(as a rule, I always buy what they need if it concerns money if I have it. I never give Cash or checks to friends No offense.)
- Never leave an argument unsettled( if you cant agree, agree to disagree)
- Always let your friends know how you feel.
- always let them know they are loved.(give hugs when needed)
- The word NO is not the end of a friendship.
- FORGIVENESS is not a weakness…
- All Apologies are from the heart and it is not a weakness to do so if you royally screwed up, is a sign of the strength of your character.
A life with Disabilities.Don’t feel sorry for me.. But you can pray.
When I was 3yrs old I was diagnosed with migraine disease and through the years the headaches have come in many forms, from syncope, dizziness, heart palpitations, & the mimic of stroke. a Migraine is a misfire in the brain that sends the wrong signals to the body. Sometimes I wish it was just blinding pain as it often is.
I also have RA in most of my joints and spine, So mobility is an issue. Most of the time I have to be laying down as sitting and standing is difficult for long periods of time. I have 2 adult children who help with my care and a teen who is a challenge. My husband does most of everything I need but when he needs to go out my older children look after me. I can do most things for my self if I don’t have to be up to long.
There are times when I feel like a burden as I feel silly needing a sitter because I never know when the invisible man is going to strike and I have a Headache, Or I fall God forbid I’m alone when this happens Because some of my headaches are deadly.
Don’t Get me wrong I’m not feeling sorry for myself far from it I am very blessed to have such a loving and supportive family I thank God for them every day and I never take them for granted. I also have some of the greatest friends around too as if they have the time they visit and do a lot of fun stuff with me. We watch movies, go out for coffee or frozen yogurt, or maybe just a drive. when I feel up to it.
I thank God every day for my life. I do things that are fulfilling I counsel teens in crisis, and parent of said teens as well. I work with suicide intervention online. And I play games with online friends. Such as FV2, Matches with friends, Candy crush, and many others.
Please don’t Feel sorry for me other than pain; I AM VERY HAPPY and very Blessed!
I like to think I’m a good Friend who listens. I don’t take my friends for granted, they are too precious and the true ones are rare indeed.
So in closing, If I can be a nice person and smile be loving and deal with all the crap I just talked about. There is no reason for any of you to be sourpusses. Get It? Got It? Good!!! 
Trisha's Nook 