Learning From People You Call Friends
You've been there for others when they need you but when it's time that you're in need, you wonder why they are not available to be of help.
Last Friday night, on the way home, unfortunately, our car broke down. We had a flat tire. Good thing we are on the back road so it's not a busy road. My husband always brings a jack and other tools for emergency purposes like this but since we just change our car so the tools were left on the other one. We have a spare tire at the back but without tools, he can't get it to change.
So we went back in the car and the first person that my husband thought of calling is his friend. Let's call him David. David always calls him when he need help with his car. We have a big garage and almost complete tools. Sometimes he comes 2 weeks straight to fix his car, welding and everything. Too much electricity, I have to say.
When he needs a hand on something, he calls my husband. When he needs to borrow some equipment. When he comes to the house and it's dinner time, I cook for him too. When he is looking for a job, my husband told him where to go. But he said he needs a car. So my husband lends him our van. The van broke down, it's the clutch. He didn't fix it. And he got no money to buy a car so my husband lends him money and now he got a job. He said he is making good money doing delivery. Wondered why he isn't paying what he borrowed. He must have forgotten.
My husband calls him but it keeps ringing just. He didn't answer the call after many attempts. So we call my brother-in-law who is not far from where we broke down. And within 10 minutes he's there with the tools we need. And didn't take long for them to put the spare tire.
When all is good we are back on the road, we head home. And we see David. On his car, on his phone. He is not even far from where we broke down. He has his phone but didn't answer our call. He didn't even bother to give us a return call to ask why we call him multiple times. Nothing. Isn't it just disappointing?
We are all different. We can't always expect other people to be like us. Some are great. Some are like David but we still call them friends. Friends come in different forms. Try to be the ones your friend are grateful to have in their life.
This is not the article I enjoy writing and it's not my vibe but still, I need to express how I feel even in writing.
HAVING FRIENDS IS GOOD.
HAVING REAL ONES IS A BLESSING.
BUT YOUR FAMILY IS THE BEST FRIENDS YOU CAN HAVE. TREASURE THEM.
bad friend david selfish david. hypocrite david. shameless david. I will never forget the good or bad done to me. I've experienced this too many times. I come to the aid of anyone in need. But when I'm in trouble, no one is there for me. I hate this situation. I am also unemployed for yuan so you understand I don't have a lot of money so there is no one around me. But if I had a lot of money, everyone would be with me. this is so bad and sad