Value your friends and keep your allies by knowing different types of people.
You can meet different types of people. Some of them could be happy, helpful maybe go the extra mile, but on the other hand, some of them can be annoying, ignorant and may cause you problems.
I would like to point out 4 different categories of people with their relationship to you.
Friends - Unconditional relationship
Allies - Conditional relationship
Adversaries - Conditional relationship
Enemies - Always against you
Friends
Friends are there no matter what. They will be by your side through thick and thin. If they correct you, it is out of love and it benefits you.
Allies
Allies will only be on your side until it makes them convenient or profitable. After your activities with them are complete, they can remain your allies or go into hibernation. Allies can become your friends, but they can also become your adversaries. It all depends on how they were treated.
Adversaries
Adversaries (Opponents) are against you only as long as their activities conflict with yours. Adversaries can become allies when it serves their self-interest, but they can also become your enemies.
Enemies
Enemies tend to remain enemies. They will be against you for no reasons. Try not to turn your enemies into your allies or friends. Wait for God to intervene. We have instructions from God on what to do until He intervenes.
"But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he makes his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendes rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect". Matthew 5:44-48
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