friends

Friends?

Some of us can define friend as thick as the encyclopedia, some, not even a word on a blank paper.

There are friends whom you can know your whole life, but still can't figure out who you are.

And there are those, who we met only within few days, and it felt like they know every little things about you.

Of course, there are those 'vulture friends' too, who came along only when you have something good to share, or they have a hidden agenda to use you, and left you bare naked standing in the dark alone.

'How are we to be sure?', some might asked.

If you think deeply, there is actually no fine line between a stranger, an enemy and a friend.

Give a smile to a stranger, a helping hand and a sincere heart to an enemy,

and they are your friends the next second.

We can't control how others might react, or what is on their mind.

What is in our manipulation, is ourselves.

So, if you want friends who are true, be a true friend to others.

Treat others, how you want others to treat you.

Reach out to as many as possible.

We must strive constantly to

"associate in affectionate fellowship with stranger and friend alike, showing forth to all the utmost loving-kindness, disregarding the degree of their capacity, never asking whether they deserve to be loved. In every instance let the friends be considerate and infinitely kind. Let them never be defeated by the malice of the people, by their aggression and their hate, no matter how intense. 

If others hurl their darts against you, offer them milk and honey in return; if they poison your lives, sweeten their souls; if they injure you, teach them how to be comforted; if they inflict a wound upon you, be a balm to their sores; if they sting you, hold to their lips a refreshing cup." 

Author: ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, fromhttp://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/SAB/sab-9.html#fr1)

I'm lucky in my life, i have met such friends, as true as them :)

(one of them in this pic, is this blog's author, haha)