Brian Tracy said..."Eighty percent of life's satisfaction comes from meaningful relationships." Think about it...when you look back at the end of your life what will really matter? Five words...the quality of your relationships.
So here's the question: If your relationships are the most important part of your life, what are you doing to make them all they can be?
there's many a time, when i see people have thousand ands thousands of friends, the question is, so what? i'm a person who treats relationships, be it friends or lovers, very very seriously, because I do believe in quality, rather than the quantity of friends. As such, I'm able to not tire myself out, and give my fullest to the person I'm with at all times. Have you ever felt rather frustrated when a friend is with you, and he uses his phone like nearly 90% of the time? I mean, what's the point of even meeting up? He doesn't even give you the respect that you have taken your precious time, that you could use to do any other things, to spend the time with you. Like please, I-didn't-beg-you-to-spend-the-time-with-me feelings arises. Haha, but don't be surprised, some of these people, do not actually know that they are actually disrespecting you! It's because most of the time, either they are too used to it, or we based on our friends relationship, and so, we do not really want to be too calculative. Personally, a few times, it may be some urgent issues that you need to settle, of course, that's like perfectly fine. But if it's too many a time, it certainly gives me a reason to believe that whatever I've said above, is true.
There was once, a good friend told me when we were browsing through facebook.
"Wa, look at all these people, so many brothers and sisters. Their mother must be a pig. HAHA"
I was like,
"HAHAHAH. WTF? True ah."
Coming to think of it, I really don't know how these people can manage so many relationships. Each and every one of us have only 24 hours a day, not an extra hour even if you're PM's son. Till now, there's only a couple of reasons that could convince me they are managing these relationships well, and i mean WELL. Either you have nothing to do for 24 hours or you're giving much less than what your friend is giving you. It's simple math. Assuming you have nothing to do for 24 hours, no work, no stress, no family, no shite.
YOU. 24 HOURS. 10 GOOD FRIENDS.
24 - 12 (Sleeping Time) = 12 HOURS
12/10 = 1.2 HOURS or QUALITY TIME
HE/SHE. 24 HOURS. 100 FRIENDS
24 - 12 (Sleeping Time) = 12 HOURS
12/100 = 0.12 HOURS or Not-So-Quality TIME
You gave in 1.2 hours of quality time, he/she gave in 0.12? WTF? So most people will tend to be 'smarter' by cutting back on their sleeping time, from 12 Hours (est. be the best) to 5 Hours (just enough to past the day). So in math, they save 7 Hours, that is practically used to spend time to manage the MASSIVE number of friends they have, or rather, they think they have. By right, it seems manageable, by left, compared to a person who has 12 hours of sleep and a person with 5 hours of sleep, who can give you better quality time?
*PS. Many people will hate me for posting this, because they are actually guilty of it, and strikes directly into them. Fortunately, or unfortunately, I don't really care. Since I have only a couple of good friends that I truly care and treasure and making sure I gave them my best quality time, I'm certain they would do the same. To you who is affected or disturbed by this, either you start changing your life, or you can don't do anything about it. 5 years down the road, I can assure you, the turnover rate of your circle of 'friends', that you spend 0.12 quality time with, will change faster than you can imagine. That's not the worst, the true friends, that gave you 1.2 quality time, will also eventually leave you. Don't talk to me about "giving but expecting no returns", to me that's bullshit. We are all humans, you know it, I know it. You want to give someone your love, but you do not mind expecting none in return? Either you're already attached because you're one in a million, or you can actually PM me, I'm single btw.