{"id":322,"date":"2007-06-15T04:07:46","date_gmt":"2007-06-15T04:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/?p=322"},"modified":"2007-06-15T04:09:46","modified_gmt":"2007-06-15T04:09:46","slug":"find-out-who-your-friends-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/?p=322","title":{"rendered":"Find Out Who Your Friends Are"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Tracy Lawrence sings a song these days about finding out who your friends are when times are tough.<span>  <\/span>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a catchy tune and easy to sing along with \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in the car anyway.<span>  <\/span>I found myself humming it all morning recently, so I decided to spend a little time thinking about it.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->We all have friends who want to hang out with us when things are going well.<span>  <\/span>When we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re on top of the mountain or we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re doing something noticeable and have lots of attention they are always there. Like the song says, these are the kind of folks who just jump off the bandwagon when things get though but would be right back on when things settle down.<span>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">One of the most disappointing times are when you find out a person you consider to be a real friend really turns out to not to be the friend you thought he\/she was.<span>  <\/span>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve had that happen once or twice in my 55 years.<span>  <\/span>Even as a child you learn this lesson&#8230;and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not a pretty one.<span>  <\/span>However, as one ages, most of us get better and better at knowing who we can really trust.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">So who are your <strong>real <\/strong>friends?<span>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Hopefully, you know who they are.<span>  <\/span>They are the ones that drop everything when you need them. They are the ones you can cry in front of without embarrassment. <span> <\/span>You can tell real friends your dreams and worries and they won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t repeat them.<span>  <\/span>You can spill your guts out to a real friend and he\/she helps you sift through things and discover what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s really important about it all.<span>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">I have a few \u00e2\u20ac\u0153no makeup\u00e2\u20ac\u009d friends I call them.<span>  <\/span>I can be me and they still accept me with the imperfections I have.<span>  <\/span>They are my true blue friends. They know who they are.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s important to identify these folks so you have a backup plan in time of crisis&#8230;and so you can be there for them when they need you, too.<span>  <\/span><span>  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>My wish for you today<\/strong> is that you make sure you know who your real friends are and nurture those relationships wisely.<span>  <\/span>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Find Out Who Your Friends Are\u00e2\u20ac\u009d like <st1:city w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Tracy<\/st1:place><\/st1:city> sings and you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll always have a backup plan. You\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be glad you did.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">~ Joellen<span>  <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tracy Lawrence sings a song these days about finding out who your friends are when times are tough. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a catchy tune and easy to sing along with \u00e2\u20ac\u201c in the car anyway. I found myself humming it all morning recently, so I decided to spend a little time thinking about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,27,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-events","category-living-life-to-the-fullest","category-relationships-singles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reflectionsfromacountrygirl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}