Monday, February 19, 2007
Can man live alone?
Yes.
But that's not healthy, I suppose.
For every man, there is a family.
God made it that way.
Yet, some in this world, have no family.
He made up for it.
He gave us friends.
The thing, now, is quality or quantity.
Some of us feel...
We have an unsupportive family
For example,
I hate my mum,
Or I hate my dad.
They don't understand me.
They don't support what I do.
In terms of family, "quantity" is fixed
The issue now is the quality of the family.
And there are some who feel that they do not have enough friends.
They compare...
Hmm, he/she is so popular.
Yet, I'm an outcast with few friends.
Friends have become in some way a property
Which you can show off in reality, as well as virtual.
Friendster...The race of the number of friends one can gather is evident.
Most will deny...
But everybody will agree that they'd rather have more friends...
In reality, one will prefer to be seen with more friends around him/her
Its showing off...
If your purpose for friends is to show off, and be popular
I can safely say that one's friends are not friends at all...
Friends...Everybody will choose "quantity" and "quality". But that's seldom the case because nobody is perfect. That is a fact.
Everybody will have at least one good friend.
The definition of a friend, we all are familiar with and needs no explaining.
There you have quality!
But human wants are unlimited...
Yes, economic terms come into the issue.
Friends become "properties", "assets"
We often find the quality of our friends as not good enough....
We want more friends.
And when we have more friends, we want even more. We complain that our friends are not good enough. We may have "theoretically" many friends, yet loneliness can still seep in...
I think God gives us family and friends for us to be satisfied and happy with.
Yes, we might have a broken family, but God makes up for it. We might have more friends. All God asks for is for us to be satisfied with what we have. We might have only a few friends. We are not popular. Yet, these can be the bestest best friends we can ever have...
Just be satisfied with what you have and be thankful! Be contented.
phil4:11
