Friends are problems. By Stanley Dean Thomas.

Just how much of a problem are friends.

I'm sure you have heard it said before that it's nice to have plenty of friends.

 People say that it's good to have friends.

 You also may have heard it said that there is nothing worse than a person who has a lot of money but has no friends.

 But you will also hear the downside to having friends, how friends will backstab you and turn on you.

And that's without you even doing anything to harm them.

You may have friends that may become Jealous for whatever reason.

 There is even a term for certain friends who turn on you.

They are called frenemies. One minute there your friend, the next minute they're your enemy.

So, friends can be problems.

 You don't know about someone’s mindset or mentality or temperament.

 Some of us may be more aggressive than others.

Or some may be less aggressive than others.

 Some are more offended over such things.

People have different beliefs and different belief systems.

 Often at times when people become friends, what would happen is that they will take off in different directions.

One friend just wants to go party, get drunk, hang out and have fun while the other friend wants to get their act together, join the military, go to college or do something useful with their life.

 This may cause people to pull apart from one another.

Where they used to be tight, where they used to be friends, now they are no longer friends.

 They are no longer even hanging out with each other.

And the reason why you have the saying that friends are problems is because you have those people who set goals and now, they want to achieve them.

There is something that they want to seek in life, and the friends that they hang out with, they or not doing such.

 People often have friends that get in trouble with the law, or have fights with someone, or have a falling out with someone.

 Sometimes a friend may come down with an illness.

 Or they may go through family problems with siblings or parents.

 So yes, you may have friends that are dealing with all kinds of stuff like that.

 You may have enough problems of your own and therefore you don't want to deal with anything like that.

If you happen to decide to pass on having friends, then that may be a smart move because you can't always find just the right people that may fit what you are seeking to do with your life.

 People just sort of do their own thing.

Sometimes people don't always think about what they want to be and what they want to do in the long term.

 To have someone like that as a friend is fine if you are the same way and don't care about your future.

 Now you both have something in common.

But when one of you wake up and say I need to do something with my life, and the other person just really don't care, but then that can be a problem.

That's when the division sets in. Then you must make a decision.

 And so now you must do what you have to do.

 And so, you may need to dissolve the friendship.

 If friends are problems, imagine if relationships turn out that way.

No one wants to be in a bad relationship.

So, you must dissolve that thing quick.

It's the same way with friendships.

 You need a friendship that's going to build you up and help you with what you're doing, or you may have to go at it alone and just work by yourself for a while.

So those are all the reasons that friends can be a problem and what you can do about them.

So, we all have to make those personal decisions ourselves as far as what we do when it comes to friendships and our purpose.

Are we going to let this friendship be a problem with us or are we going to make this work out or just end it.