Show Me Your Friend...

Last night, things got a little heated around here. I had spent the majority of my day yesterday at my friend's shop, where he cuts hair. Then later that night, I had returned home but instead of going straight to my room like I usually do, I had decided to just sit around and catch up with some of my friends at the hostel.

_{photo by Matheus Ferrero}

Since the beginning of this year, I've limited the amount of times I've had to sit outside and this is strictly for my security, because lately the police have been moving mad and just coming whenever they want to arrest whomever they want without even giving any explanations, so now, the only safe place is my room.

Anyways, while I was seated there, a couple of guys got into a heated argument, apparently it had to do with an issue they had in the past, but they had chosen that night of all nights to squash it all out. The whole thing almost got physical but thank God it didn't.

While I was there, watching everything unfold, one thing I was thanking God for was giving me the wisdom from a very early age to know how to carefully pick my friends. And this is because that whole issue that night started with just two friends, who ended up roping all of their friends into it and before you know it, they all were about to engage in a brawl.

It was a typical case of the "show me your friend and I will tell you who you are" kinda situation.

This is why in most cases when trying to choose a friend, you don't just focus on that particular moment, maybe because they helped you get passed a hard situation and then all of a sudden you feel you two should be friends. Most times, it's good for you to look at their entire lifestyle before taking that decision..

Because everyone is always good for certain situations. Having a bad friend always comes in handy when you're in a difficult situation, but just because your friend saved you from a group of cultists doesn't mean you and that person should end up becoming best of friends.

Sometimes it's best to show your gratitude and just move on, because there are certain people we don't need in our lives, otherwise sooner or later, they will end up putting us in a far more bigger problem, than they one they had earlier saved us from.