Brian Brown

Do you have friends in your life?  What does someone have to do to be considered your friend?  I am sure we all have folks in our life that we consider to be our friends.  Like when your trying to figure out what to do this weekend you start running down your list of “friends” to call.  One of the best lessons I have learned when it comes to being someones friend is that sometimes it’s not about being the funniest person, the most out-going, or the highlight of a group…the greatest thing a friend can do sometimes is just listen….that’s actually tough to do sometimes because we all think our problems are worse than everyone elses and we may even get bored listening to someone elses issues.  But again, I think we need to do more listening to some people in our life.  There are probably some people in your life who are hurting and need to get some stuff off their chest and they are just waiting for someone to listen….So as you think about yourself and the kind of friend you are to others—maybe try listening a little more and realizing that other people out there are hurting too.  I am thankful for the “friends” in my life who have modeled this and listened to my struggles over the past couple of years.  They have set the standard and left and example for me to follow.