Comments on: Friends Indeed!

By: Biddy

Biddy — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 04:26:04 +0000

Truly inspirational! indeed, a man that want friends must first show himself friendly! i am a firm believer in divine relationships and friends. friends are there for a reason and a season, they come and they go! Always know when there is a comma, on a friendship and when there is a fullstop to avoid being hurt!
I always believe that your supposed enemies should be kept close..just like Queen Esther did with Haman..inviting her for dinner even when she knew he wanted the jews killed!..
We all need Godly friends just like David and Jonathan, Mary and Elizabeth, Ruth and Naomi..such friendships will always bless you! may God help us to be true friends indeed! God bless you for this and like you my children have taught me how to let go of hurt and let God!
NB – Lets know that the best friendship is being friends with Jesus Christ ! He is a friend indeed that will never leave us nor forsake us forever!

By: Inyene

Inyene — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:38:15 +0000

WOW….Iam astrongished cos l had an issue with my my best friend and l was wow, l cant believe this after 10yrs of been close from schools day till wen she was getting married everything turn upside down but we r sorting it out right now and lam seeing her today after her wedding since 2months ago. lts amazing and mind blowing wen u need a word to hold on to and God uses means that u coludnt even lmagine. lam bless and my soul rejoices,am borrowing some of ur lines to share with her wen l meet her today.
lam grateful tans l need to get to work God bless u so good, u ve made my day.

By: emeka

emeka — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:19:14 +0000

1.he that has friends must show himself friendly-its funny when people come close just for what they can get.its just natural that friendship is a 2way thing.i had a fren that always likes to flash she just never calls because she says she never has credit on her phone.the last time she did,i called back and told her not to ever flash again,if she wants to call she should or hold her peace.funni enuf she called one day asking for a recharge card, which i sent to her but she never called back to say she got it or to say thank you.its natural that i wouldnt want to call her even if its to just keep in touch…

2.Those that would be in your inner circle would come natural to you; you do not really need to force it by making them feel guilty by not attending one of your functions or by not fulfilling your every wish….until u come to a point when you know that those that matta to you most are those that who come less unnatural to you -no air,no ulterior motives-what you know about them is who they are.they may forget to call on your birthday but there’s lot more they mean to you than just that.why?they’ve been there all the time for you.even as much it’d be nice if they remember your birthday,the values their presence have added to you over the years is worth much more that just that phone call.its all about understanding but there’s the place of communication in friendship anyway..lol

3. Friendship is a conscious choice to understand the uniqueness and commonness of the friend….i have 11 friends.6 are the inner circle while the rest make the outer circle.this is based on honest evalution of my level of friendship with them all.it is a choice.i chose my friends,i dont let them chose me.when there’s a mutual relationship and it evolves deeper over time to a point where we both feel comfortable with who we are then it makes all the diffrence.part of the choice is being there when we need each other especially at the darkest nites of our lives.friendship is a choice.

4. Disclosure of your true self, feelings and thoughts is the basis of close friendship not having the same passion…true!full disclosure is it.when i can fnd breathing space inspite of the diffrences between my fren and i,when i can just be me without trying to be someone else,when we can go out of our ways to add value to each other as friends,when we are willing to make sacrifice,when we dont deliberately hurt each other,when we put our friendship first before putting each other first as individuals(what we share is bigger than what each of us have because that is the only way we can acheive so much more in life than when we go at it on our own),even when we willing to forgive each other when any is wrong and being able to talk about anything whatsoever with my fren then that for me is full disclosure….
have u ever wondered what brought femi otedola and aliko dangote together as friends?do u know why they are sworn enemies now?

dips,this is a timeless piece!

By: Ogu

Ogu — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:36:09 +0000

Thanks for this piece. It is indeed inspiring.

By: paul

paul — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:54:52 +0000

God bless you Dipo and He will continually inspire your mind unto greatness.
You don’t know how much you’ve blessed my life with your write-ups especially the last two.

God bless you greatly

By: Seun Osewa

Seun Osewa — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:28:33 +0000

Hmmm.

By: Tobi

Tobi — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:08:15 +0000

….deeply captivating….i can understand why friendship follows ‘the both sides to the coin model’ Offence or none, understanding people’s diverse differences and responding positively to them makes life practically easy!
it ever pays to live life bearing a large heart, because the more we grow, the crazier and despotic the challenges and encounters we have with friends, especially the closer ones….
@Royal_Prince ; you made me smile, that was a chain of insights….
@Dipo
U’re a closer friend, distance, contacts or not…you remind me of the alma-mata……GREATEST IFE!!!

By: Tomiwa Orunnipin

Tomiwa Orunnipin — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:45:26 +0000

Good one Dipo.It’s always good to MAKE A FRIEND and BE A FRIEND.I think the question we need to ask ourself is “Am i really a Friend”?

By: Tunde

Tunde — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:33:39 +0000

A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED MEANING COMES RAIN OR SUN HE OR SHE IS ALWAYS THERE AND YOU DO THE SAME TO HIM OR HER. NOT ONE WAY BUSINESS.
PEOPLE ARE BROUGHT TOGETHER BECAUSE CERTAIN THING BUT WHEN THAT THING IS NOT THERE ANYMORE NO SHOW, YOU ARE NOT MY FRIEND.
JUST BE KIND TO PEOPLE AND TREAT THEM NICE. YOUR REWARD WILL COME SOON

By: Royal_Prince

Royal_Prince — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:45:20 +0000

Another master piece, i would say
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I realize there and then that the more we grow, the more emotionally immature we tend to become; experience has taught us not to forgive, forget and trust people.
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Spot on! No wonder the Bible admonishes us to be children in malice.

Has anyone wondered why Jesus at a point called Judas, friend and at another, looked at Peter and rebuked him saying, get thee behind me satan?
At these points, His responses were purpose driven: While Judas was moving him towards accomplishing His purpose, Peter was contstituting a distraction from it.

Luv u!

By: Fehintola

Fehintola — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:58:39 +0000

Nice piece Dipo….Me like ds.
You can imagine how I felt when one day a frend of mine that has not called for ages gbogboro….suddenly picked up his telephony – which signifies he still has my number – and called me that he needed something. I was really pissed off and felt like banging the phone on a wall!
That is what happens when friends deserts us and suddenly remembers us when they needed something.
So if we dont like to be treated like that, we should always keep in touch with our friends. Shikena!