Your circles of friends are a reflection of who you become: I choose with caution

Your circles of friends are a reflection of who you become: I choose with caution

Last week I was in a very serious financial crisis that made me so depressed. I tried everything possible to fix myself up but to no avail. I decided to reach out to a few friends out of the four I reached out to, two came through for me. It was at that moment that I appreciated the friends that I have.

One of the things people do not understand is the fact that the people you hang around with will determine your success or failure in life. Your circles of friends will also determine how far you go in life. They either make you or mare you.

A lot of people with no principles always want to fit into every relationship or friendship with people. Without personal principles or value systems, you're likely to approve of every friendship.

I am not desperate for friendship; that's why I do not fit into all associations. Anyone who does not have my kind of value, I cannot have any business with such a person. That's how life is supposed to be. Many people have lost their lives because of bad friendships. Many people's lives are transformed because of friendship as well, so it is left for one to choose wisely.

One saying that I usually consider while getting closer to a person is “show me your friend and I'll tell you who you are” This is because I want to be known by those I hang out with. If I am not a thief, there is no way I'd be attracted to someone who steals. Likes will always attract likes.

It all depends on what a person believes is right to do, and then you see another person doing the same. In that situation, friendship can be formed. But in a situation where one doesn't even know what he wants then he can fall for anything. Far be it from me.

However, this doesn't rule out the fact that people who have different principles from mine are my enemies. In fact, I can still associate with them but from a distance. And peradventure there's a business with such a person, I do with all the amount of carefulness.

Your circle of friends will influence you to be like them. That's how powerful friendship can be. Most times the things that detest a person will gradually become normal as a result of affinity with those who exhibit such. That's why the best thing to do is to withdraw at the initial stage.

I have this one friend who is doing better financially than I am, but whenever I need help, he will decline. I knew that was a red flag. But most times, I'll go all out to help him, even in my worst moments. I can't keep such a person as a friend. We cannot achieve goals as friends because of divergent values.

Therefore, in this life, I do not allow fate to attach me to a person; I solely depend on personal values and principles which align with another before friendship is formed.

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