Meditation for Peace
Looking
for a Constant Friend
care about someone, we tend to have trust and faith in that person.
A
constant friend has the opposite characteristics of the man of empty promises,
as follows:
2. He or she does not tell your secrets.
3. He or she does not abandon you when you fall
on hard times.
“You
are what your associates are.” (Vajirananvarorasa)
4. He or she would even die in your place.
How
lucky we are, if we can have a friend like this, or we can behave in these ways
toward our friends. We are impressed by these characteristics.
lucky we are, if we can have a friend like this
Being
a constant friend needs care. When we “really” care about someone, we tend to
have trust and faith in that person. We can sacrifice our belongings and lives
to those about whom we truly care. I am not so fond of the sentence “I do not
care.” It is okay to use the sentence for the bad things, events, and people in
our lives. But using the sentence too much can make us become insensitive and unfaithful.
Caring about every thing too much can, however, cause us anxiety.
“To
associate with the virtuous is a cause of happiness.” (Buddha)
