Another article from the archive of
Ms. Faith Alfa.
Enjoy :) :
I saw a Blackberry display
message a while back that had something to do with Friendship, it made mention of different types of friends;
- There
are usually those who will tell you the truth no matter how badly it will
hurt.
- There
are those who will always tell you what you wanna hear (whether its the
truth or not) and;
- There
are those who try to 'balance' it out.
So which would you rather have and
which would you rather be? You know with 'truth' sometimes comes 'bitterness'
(but the right perspective of things) and when we make people tell us what we
wanna hear, we invariably turn them to liars and the lies we hear, may end up
causing us to walk into 'life's ditches'.
And there is the "finding balance"
people who mix both, and so seem diplomatic but then with these ones you almost
never really know when to listen to them and when not to.
So which are you up for? The Truth
tellers, the Ones who speak to soothe your heart or the Ones who find a balance?
Semira's Reply (Moi)
: Please give me
the "Truth Tellers" anytime, any day. It may hurt when it being done
but eventually these are the people and memories stored up / engraved in my
mind's "walk of fame" (never to be erased for saving my a** from that
mess I may have blindly walked into :) ). Besides there is a saying;
“Only your true friend tells you when your face is dirty”.
Different strokes for different
folks though, so what is your preference?. Please tell :).
Written by Ms. Faith Alfa (Guest
Writer)
I'd rather say it how it is no matter how it maybe.. That's me, One may take it the good or bad way, but in the end what's d use of having a friend that can't be real with u.....
ReplyDeleteI'll take the truth tellers. Better safe than sorry, it'll defo hurt but at least u'll kno who's got ur back.
ReplyDeleteTruth Tellers
ReplyDelete1. Truth tellers are never girls but guys, these guys will make good pallys but bad toasters (yeah! Ladies roll ur eyes). its the same truth ya all don't wanna hear which was the reason the second Sets of people came up. If you re part of the 3rd group, go for politics, that Ur calling.
ReplyDeleteLol @ go for politics, that's ur calling.
ReplyDeleteSometimes u need 2 be told d truth,sometimes wat u wanna hear nd sometimes a balance btwn them. D most important thing is to know wen to do wat......
ReplyDeleteTruth tellers
ReplyDeleteglad most of you agree with me :)...@Tolz, Ralph, Anon and Edyth
ReplyDeletelol @ Ameh...politicians truly fit perfectly into the third category but I don't agree with the notion that all "girls" want to be lied to, its just nice to be told the truth in a kind way and not out of spite.
@Doma, now you sound like a diplomat...lol.you have to choose one :)
A true frnd shd b able 2 tell d truth no matter what,after all wats d point of bein frndz if d truth can't b told point blank.I'd go wit truth tellers all d way
ReplyDeletei agree with you Vera...honesty is the bedrock of true friendship.
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