A world without friends would be like walking in a haunted and abandoned building. In fact, friends are like siblings our parents forgot to bestow us.
However, today many people are worrying too much about fake friends. These friends, mind you, hide swords behind velvet gloves.
It never has to be like that, especially that we can choose our friends. We could have a sort of checklist in which to admit people into our cycle of friends.
These are what you should include in a checklist;
Compatibility
The two of you could have varied interests in life but your ideas are compatible. Here, your friend understands that whatever one does to another, he or she should be ready to receive the same.
You should also be compatible finance-wise. There’s a saying that if you hang out with four broke friends, you will be the fifth. Don’t be the kind that always bails out people from January to December. Only do so if it is a genuine case, or the two of you have ‘come from far.’
Know your friends well
It is not enough to be friends with people you barely know. That person is into your friend if you don’t know where he or she stays, some of his or her family members and perhaps what he or she does for a living. A true friend is not ashamed to let you know their family members.
Supports without conditions
If you hit up a friend and ask for a favour (usually financial) he or she will not ask what you want to do with it. They just hit you with an M-Pesa message without even asking whether you’ll refund or not. Because he trusts you, and he can trust you with his life.
Kaka Sungura once rapped that real friends argue with you, fakes friends agree. He couldn’t be any real. A real friend will guide you, offer advice that you may not like to hear from anyone because they care about you and want you to become a better person.
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