I think life will be boring without lovely people around us whom we can share things with. People we can confidently share our burdens with; for some, they are the shoulders we lean on. I am talking about friends around us, but the truth is that some can be there to shape our lives for good, while some can be a bad influence on our lives, but you wouldn't know until you mingle with such a person before you can finally detect it and decide to leave or manage such a friend. But then, life is a choice, you know. Overall, it's never a bad idea to have friends; for the most part, it's been a positive influence in my life.
Personally, I love making friends; in fact, I got a new friend three days ago during an official business meeting I attended, and it's surprising how this lady and I have been bonding so easily as if we met many years ago. So far, I discovered that we both share many things in common during our lengthy conversations; maybe that's why we were able to click without struggle, but whatever, I am the type that is always sensitive with my friends. It's easy to be friends with people you don't share the same beliefs and ideals with, but will I throw them away because of that? Will I just wake up to unfriend them upon such discovery?
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Everyone is never created to be the same; again, different beliefs and ideals are not enough to break friendship unless they are toxic. For example, I had a friend who believed that getting fast success comes easily through visiting native doctors, and it doesn't mean that you aren't a Christian anymore. She believes that native doctors are just like humans with extra powers, and since she is not getting charms to hurt people but only for her to prosper, then it's not a bad thing at all. That's her belief. You see, this kind of belief is contradictory to mine. I have no business with a native doctor, and so I had to cut her off immediately. She added that obtaining answers from God is too slow and she doesn't have such patience. She also tried to convince me to keep my marriage safe through her native doctor belief.
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At this point, I disconnected such bad influence before it becomes too late. On the other hand, I had a friend who never saw reasons to push herself into making it in life. She prefers a simple low life, and it's simply worrisome. Even when you bring opportunities that could change her financial life, she will decline and literally feel comfortable with her little income. That's her life's ideals, and obviously they don't match with mine. Mingling with her will lower my life ambitions, and I wouldn't want that for myself. This gave me a reason to cut off from her after many tries to expose her to what life is all about. It wasn't a healthy ideal for me, especially when she tagged me as a greedy person due to my ambitions.
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Overall, it's not a problem to be friends with a person with different beliefs and ideals unless it's toxic; then you call it quits.
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