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This is not for me. I’ve known what real friends are for a long time.

Real friends are not the ones who are always ready for a party, but never ready to help. Real friends are not the ones who are more concerned with their own plans than they are with your problems. Real friends are not the ones who will buy you booze, but won’t help you pay for things you really need.

Real friends will come to your rescue when you ask, and sometimes without you even having to. Real friends do not leave when the going gets tough and your life ceases to be “fun”. Real friends want you to be happy, healthy, and safe, and they grieve with you when your not those things.

It’s fine to have some “fake” friends. Everyone does. They’re generally fun to hang out with, but don’t put your life in their hands. They could care less about anything of consequence…about anything “heavy”. They just want to have fun and bolt when things get difficult.

Your real friends are the ones who love you. That’s why they’re still here.

Several people I know have decided to give up TV lately. Each time I hear someone mention it, I am convicted of the fact that I spend, or rather waste, way too much time sitting in front of the TV and not enough time attending to my responsibilities, bettering myself, and, most importantly, talking to God. I don’t think I’m going to quit watching TV altogether, but I am going to seriously limit what I watch. I will allow myself to watch the show or two I actually care about and movies with my husband, but then the TV goes off and I will do something more productive. There are so many books I want to read but never “have the time” for. There are so many things that need to be done around our house that never get done because they obviously aren’t a priority to me. There are so many more important things in the world than television. How does it have such a power over me? Why in the world would I rather spend time with an inanimate object than with my Lord? It kind of hurts when I think about it. I think it’s time for a change.