When you log on to popular, online networking sites you can easily see how many “friends” a particular person has.
Some people try to add as many “friends” as possible to their network list so that their friend count is extremely high.
This almost makes it seem as if there are people who nowadays just want to appear popular and “well-connected” to a lot of people, even if they don’t have a solid relationship or friendship with the people on the “friends list.”
Could it be that people are no longer concerned with the meaning of true friendship? I hope not.
While it’s great to be surrounded by a bunch of smiling faces at all times, those same smiling faces may frown about you when you’re not around; and they may not always really have your back the way your true friends do.
I have already witnessed people who put on great disguises and pretended to be a true friends to many people.
But after careful observation and some kind of drama, – in time what came out in the open was that they were either using a person to get to someone else; or they had an issue with low self-esteem that led them to go to any extent to add more “friends” to their “network list.”
If you choose the wrong person to “add to your friend list” you may have fantastic times at first, but as soon as real identities are shown, you could find yourself in a sticky or painful situation….
I guess what I’m saying is that as much fun as the online networking sites can be when they are used the right way, people our age should always carefully choose who they call a friend.
And, we have to know the difference between “friend” and “acquaintance.” This may not be a bad thing for adults to think about, too…
It might be much better to have a few amazingly true friends who will stick with you through the hardest of times, than to try to have a boatload of people on your “friends list” who don’t really care about you one bit.
It may not be a good idea to try to just make new friends just to say you have a lot of them. It will usually take a while to really get to know a person and become a true friend to or with someone else.
And once you really get to know that person, you'll be able to easily decipher whether or not they have honestly earned the title: TRUE FRIEND.
“True friendship consists not in the multitude of friends, but in their worth and value.”
– Ben Jonson
Danielle M. Biggs
High School Student
Trustee & Administrative Assistant ~ Lifeline Foundation, Inc.
"Children are the globe's most precious commodity."
~ Terence H. Biggs, Jr., 2009 ~
Contact Information & Mailing Address:
Lifeline Foundation, Inc.
301 North Harrison Street
Suite 35
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
E-mail: info@MyLifelineFoundation.org
Website: http://www.mylifelinefoundation.org/
Weblog: http://lifelineextensions.blogspot.com/
Please direct all inquiries or charitable donations to ~
Lifeline Foundation Inc.'s President:
Sharon M. Biggs, M.A.
SharonBiggs@MyLifelineFoundation.org
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Sharon Biggs with 2nd grade class in Panama -- June 2009...WHO:
WHAT:
Collecting 1,000 children’s storybooks and chapter books written in English for grades Pre-K through 6 to donate to a needy school in The Republic of Panamá.
WHEN:
September 1 through October 30, 2009
WHERE:
Book Collections from all over America being shipped to The Republic of Panamá in early November 2009
WHY:
Collecting books for the establishment of Lifeline Foundation, Inc.’s first Clifford & Ivy Greaves Library in a needy school in The Republic of Panamá. Also, so that literacy, bilingual education, and ESL (English as a Second Language) teaching & learning can be further improved in Panamá.
HOW:
There are ways you can help if you’d like to participate. Please choose the option that works best for you and click the e-mail link below to let us know we can count you in...
Your name as the book donor will appear in any books you donate to the school...
«Purchase one children’s book of your choice each month during September through the end of October.
«Collect one slightly used children’s book of your choice during the same months.
«Purchase or collect whatever amount you choose of children’s books during the same months.
«Send a one-time monetary donation of your choice so that we can purchase children’s books--
Amazon.com will be used for all book orders…if you order books, please have them shipp
Lifeline Foundation, Inc. – 301 N. Harrison Street, Suite 35, Princeton, NJ 08540
Donations may also be mailed to this address...
Lifeline Foundation, Inc. – 301 N. Harrison Street, Suite 35, Princeton, NJ 08540
Donations may also be mailed to this address...
Thank you on behalf of all of the children in Panama who will become better readers & writers due to your book donations and tax-deductible charitable contributions!
Contact Information & Mailing Address –
Lifeline Foundation, Inc.
301 North Harrison Street
301 North Harrison Street
Suite 35
Princeton, New Jersey 08540
Website: www.MyLifelineFoundation.org
Please direct all inquiries or tax-deductible charitable donations to Lifeline Foundation Inc.'s President:
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