{"id":1036,"date":"2009-06-04T07:37:39","date_gmt":"2009-06-04T12:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aleroy.com\/blog\/?p=1036"},"modified":"2009-06-04T07:37:39","modified_gmt":"2009-06-04T12:37:39","slug":"think-of-friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aleroy.com\/blog\/archives\/1036\/think-of-friendship","title":{"rendered":"Think of Friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friendship.<\/p>\n<p>The quality or state of being friendly.<\/p>\n<p>If you want a friend, be a friend. Real friends are priceless, they care about you, they help you, and ask nothing in return. Relatives, acquaintances, the people you work with, go to church with, go to school with are not necessarily friends.<\/p>\n<p>Friendship like marriage takes time to develop and is a two way street. Never ask a friend to do something for you, that you wouldn&#8217;t be willing to do for them. 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