Relationships : What It Takes to Be a Friend

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Summary: Quest for Understanding Friendships Revealed
Review: My daughter purchased this recommended book for herself, and because I was recuperating from surgery, I asked if I could read it first. During midlife there are so many questions; one being, where are my friends today when I need them most. Dr. Pamela Reeve defined for me three types of relationships, and the impact each relationship has in one's life. For the first time I understood why I was feeling abandoned. Through her writing I was able to evaluate my relationships by putting them into proper perspective no longer grouping them into one whole but recognizing them as separate unique relationships with each responding in totally different ways; consequently, I was not abandoned. Ultimately in the end, she instilled that no one can meet my deepest longings but God. Now that I better understand how to categorize my "relationships," I no longer expect something from a relationship that was never there. Solace in relationships is the fact that God's relationship with me never changes and is perfectly defined.

Rating:
Summary: Quest for Understanding Friendships Revealed
Review: My daughter purchased this recommended book for herself, and because I was recuperating from surgery, I asked if I could read it first. During midlife there are so many questions; one being, where are my friends today when I need them most. Dr. Pamela Reeve defined for me three types of relationships, and the impact each relationship has in one's life. For the first time I understood why I was feeling abandoned. Through her writing I was able to evaluate my relationships by putting them into proper perspective no longer grouping them into one whole but recognizing them as separate unique relationships with each responding in totally different ways; consequently, I was not abandoned. Ultimately in the end, she instilled that no one can meet my deepest longings but God. Now that I better understand how to categorize my "relationships," I no longer expect something from a relationship that was never there. Solace in relationships is the fact that God's relationship with me never changes and is perfectly defined.