Friendships

When going through the chapter about our relationships with family and friends, I started to complete the Self-Quiz we had to do called "What Kind of Friend Are You?". While taking the quiz, I had my best friend in mind. Not surprisingly, I only left one statement unchecked. I sat for a moment and reflected just how close my best friend and I are. But then I thought of something. Do I do this with all of my other friends, too? I then decided to retake the quiz while keeping a slightly less close friend in mind. I found that I did not treat the two friends the same way at all!

This led me to question myself in the relationship and consider the possibility that maybe we weren't as close as we could be because I hadn't been putting forward enough effort. It seems to me that once we have a few close friends, we stop trying to make more, and keep other friends at an arm's length. Maybe if we met people with the intention of trying to be as close to them as possible, we'd have more people to relate to.

Instead of trying to be a good friend to just one or two people, try to be a good one to all of your friends. I know I'll try to be able to check off every statement on this Self-Quiz in my future relationships.