There is always an inner voice that is so soft and tender, whispering into our situations and circumstances, leading us to solutions we long for. It is unfortunate that we cannot fully comprehend the positions and feelings of the hearts of the people we deem to love and seek support from, and because we value or cherish them, we listen to them, and sometimes it ends up messing things up for ourselves. The people we have labelled our friends are, at times, our biggest enemies simply because they compete with us without us knowing. So, most of their advice is not intended to do the good we assume they desire for us. They are so welcoming, yield an attentive ear and give undivided attention whenever we approach them with our problems.
The ambience they create is so beautiful but deceiving. They do not like our progress and are filled with so much hate and jealousy for us. The support and love they pretend to give us seem so real. Our friends do not like our relationships, and it is we who expose them to them. When our partners or family members do something, good or bad, we are too quick to share and boast about it without fully understanding what is happening in their lives. Maybe someone is struggling with failure or a lack of such proud incidents, and telling them is like rubbing salt in their wounds. They would eventually start to think that you perceive yourself better than them, and when an opportunity strikes, especially when you have fallouts in your relationships, they do their magic so that they destroy what you have. There is a story of a man who was so loving and caring for his wife. Every time he got a chance to show his wife how much she really meant to him, he would not hesitate to do so. He would send her some gifts at work, cook for her and give his wife money. One day, he was retrenched from his high-paying job, and life became a challenge for him. He began to conceptualise his business ideas and committed to making them work consistently.
