Some of you advice tended to be two-sided, in a good way. Even though you’d often tell me to let people
be there for me, you never failed to remind me that not everyone will be able
to. Sometimes, those people that you love most just can’t handle your issues,
and that’s okay.
We haven’t
all experienced the same things. I have personally been through a lot of things
that my friends haven’t. So I can’t expect them to know how to deal with those
problems. I don’t have a ton of friends who’ve lost someone so close to them. How can I expect
them to understand that kind of pain and loss?
“Above all else,
guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”
Proverbs 4:23
Not to say
that those friends can’t be there. It’s just a little more difficult for them
sometimes. The nice thing is, everyone has different strengths. I have a
variety of types of friends, and each of them has something to offer in terms
of friendship. So I have to appreciate them for their strengths instead of
dogging them on their weaknesses, while still remembering to keep appropriate
expectations.
Or else I’m
going to be needing you to remind me to “chill out, Bubba!”
Love, Bubba
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