W.I.N. Wednesday: Real Friends

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."

Walter Winchell

In today’s “cancel culture” many people are finding out who their real friends are. 

You are connected on Facebook with a few friends, but most of your connections on Facebook are not real friends. 

I have interviewed a few of my friends for The Excellence in Training Academy and the ILEETA Learning Lab, but the fact that people are gracious enough to allow me to interview them does not automatically make them “my good friend”. 

The terms “friend” and “my good friend” are highly over used in today’s world. This is possibly a result of the use of the term “Friend” on Facebook to refer to your connections. A real friend is not just someone who connects with you on a social media platform. 

A real friend is someone who will:

·      Walk with you, while others are walking away. 

·      Stand by you, when others are putting distance between you and them.

·      Stand up for you when others are standing down. 

·      Turn up for you when others are turning away.

·      Be there for you when you are at your lowest. 

"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence."

George Washington

Take the time to reflect on how many times in a week you refer to someone as “my friend” or “my good friend”.  Now, ask yourself how many of them are real friends rather than acquaintances, people you are friendly with or simply a connection on social media. 

What’s Important Now? Value your real friends and nurture those relationships. 

Take care.

Brian Willis

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