A friend's surprise birthday party was the highlight of my week. It illuminated for me the power of friendship and the joy it injects into our lives. I was moved by the gratitude and happiness my friend expressed, reinforcing the significance of appreciating our friends and actively being a part of their lives. Discover how our friends not only make our lives more fulfilling but also act as mirrors, reflecting aspects of ourselves we might not even be aware of. They open doors to self-expression and self-discovery, providing us with invaluable insights into our own personalities.
Now, let's take a more profound look at the dimension of nurturing friendships. Have you ever thought about how friendships, much like flowers, need tending to bloom? My little brother, a loyal listener to my shows, embodies this for me. His constant presence and support are priceless, reminding me of the importance of being there for our friends, of listening, and nurturing these beautiful bonds. In the aftermath of the trials and tribulations of recent years, our relationships with our friends have proven to be a lifeline. Join me as we delve into the richness that friendships can bring to our lives and the profound impact we can have by being present and engaged in these relationships.
A friend's surprise birthday party was the highlight of my week. It illuminated for me the power of friendship and the joy it injects into our lives. I was moved by the gratitude and happiness my friend expressed, reinforcing the significance of appreciating our friends and actively being a part of their lives. Discover how our friends not only make our lives more fulfilling but also act as mirrors, reflecting aspects of ourselves we might not even be aware of. They open doors to self-expression and self-discovery, providing us with invaluable insights into our own personalities.
Now, let's take a more profound look at the dimension of nurturing friendships. Have you ever thought about how friendships, much like flowers, need tending to bloom? My little brother, a loyal listener to my shows, embodies this for me. His constant presence and support are priceless, reminding me of the importance of being there for our friends, of listening, and nurturing these beautiful bonds. In the aftermath of the trials and tribulations of recent years, our relationships with our friends have proven to be a lifeline. Join me as we delve into the richness that friendships can bring to our lives and the profound impact we can have by being present and engaged in these relationships.
Speaker 1:
What up, what's going on. So welcome back to you know, come on podcast. So no, I'm over it. I'm over it, but Maybe not today. So Today I want to talk about friends and friendship and how important that is. I had a good friend of mine, my little brother, say hey, you're not, you're talking too short. He's like yeah, no, 30 minutes should be the minimum man. Why are you pressuring me? Why are you pressuring me? But you can, I will adhere to the pressure, but anyway, friendship, so Like that that is. I don't want to dive Into another serious topic, but I'm like why am I getting all these serious topics Throwing at me? Like you should talk about this. You can talk about that, but I guess I will.
Speaker 1:
So friendship is is very it's an intimate issue and it's very important, right, we think it is. But we try to act like it's not. But it is because of it's it's, it's another venue. So the sound the board, if you had like, like, come on, you know, right, that's the name of the show. It's like we know, we know what the real deal is. We Utilize our friends as an outlet, as outlets. When we get older, we understand that. Hey, our friends understand us. It's like yo, we want to utilize our friends as venue To Say stuff. And our friends kind of gauges. They're like, hey, that was dumb, that was good, that was whack, that was Very ingenious, that was this, that was that, but, but, but, but, but, but, but, but, but anyway.
Speaker 1:
So, like this, this past weekend I went to a very, very good friends surprise birthday party and I, like his wife Text me. She's like hey, you gonna come to like we have a surprise birthday party with plan of a ham. You should come. But I'm like dude, I'm there. Man Don't even like I'm there. She's like, thanks, he beat happy, he would be happy. And I'm like I didn't even think about how happy would be. That is a thing, that is straight up a thing. And I thought about it. I'm like one like, first of all, that's a good, she's a good person, it's a good wife. Second of all, like, yeah, he wouldn't be happy. Third of all, I don't even know who would be there. I'm thinking it's like he, I work with him. So it's like people from work, which is like, yeah, you know, like this poor, but it, it was almost perfect.
Speaker 1:
He, he had no idea, he appreciated it and it was like a good, you know, jlb was a good job, like. So Props to the wife, she, she did a fantastic job and she had a perfect setup, perfect, you know, collaboration with people. He had no idea I thought I ruined it because I pulled up and I saw him pass by me. She, she, she was trying to keep him out Until it was time to party and I have a I, I have a very recognizable vehicle Be incognito. I can't be incognito. Yeah, it's like you see, you see my joint, but he didn't. So he was just focused. He was focused on family stuff and it was a thing. It really was a thing. But I really, like, I'm learning to appreciate things, that are things. And she was like, hey, just come in after him. Buh-bye, I gotta set up. And it was, it was very good, so anyway.
Speaker 1:
So my point is friends are I Apologize about clearing my throat no, no, human, but friends are Necessary. Do things with your friends, do do them do, whether or not you working too much. You have a huge family, don't have time. Like. That was very, very refreshing. Like you millennials like to say, I'm a Boom gut punch. I'm a jab at you millennials. Could you keep making up stuff. But it's a thing Just spend time with your friends and understand them and learn them and Be a part of their life. You know what I'm saying. Like it was really nice to just go there and Meet new people and and my friend is a, he's a, he's a teacher, he teaches, he's a coach, a teacher, and a lot of folks that were there were his students and it's like you see your friends in a different light.
Speaker 1:
It's like, hey, I admire this person because they do something Other than you know what you know before. And I know him for from work or for work, and he does other things, like I do other things but nobody cares about what I do. It's all good. But it's like, hey, respect what they have going on outside of what you know of them to be. And and he, you know he has a lot of pretty decent network. I'm gonna hate on him a little bit and if he listens to this he's, he's gonna know he's. Why is it like, yeah, we, we have good banter, he's gonna be like it, you know what, whatever, but Just be there, just be there. So anyway, I have.
Speaker 1:
I have other friends that you know. Do I have dumpster diver type friends, man, it's like yo get get. I have other dumpster diver friends. I have friends that I am, I have. Well, I love all my friends. It's no big deal but that's just. But this was a great, a great party. I am.
Speaker 1:
I'm completely happy that he was surprised and he, he, he. I was gonna see he deserved that. What. What is the derv? He did that, he did they that. He deserves that and I'm glad that I was a part of it and in uh Is a little um, you know, we don't, we're not next door Davis, yeah, I drive through the the night and Rocks and alligators and all that stuff, but I'll do it.
Speaker 1:
It was fun. It was very, very, very, very fun. So what I am saying right now is hey, if you are, I Am not a spring chicken, I am a fall chicken, if you will. But I love that like, adhere to that, embrace it. The relationships that we have developed, initiated, nurtured Progress in like be, be in that moment, be in that moment. And I didn't.
Speaker 1:
I Like, I always am kind of in a moment if you will, but Not like, not really. I'm always thinking about the future, but it's like hey, do do that, do that like Just do it, don't think about, hey, I don't have any gas, or like I'll think of an excuse, yeah, I have to be at work my seven o'clock. It's like nobody really cares about work. We act like we do but we don't. But just be there, because those are the moments, those literally are them and um, I Experienced that and I appreciate him, I appreciate everyone that set it up his wife is the people that were a part of it because I had fun and that was very, very, very refreshing to me. It was very, very, very Just a good Sunday, you know, and I like what I did prior to that. I had, I had, I had a great Sunday.
Speaker 1:
I'm in a good person and just Like understand that people are all we have and you got to dive in, you really do. But I Think I went down a rabbit hole, but anyway, so like have other friends is Is, that is a. You need to do that. It's a staple and I would charge all of you, all, all 10 million of my subscribers, to nurture your friendships. Don't be mean, don't be a bad person, don't be mean. If you are, I'm coming after you and I'm a wolf. I'm tell you that right now. I am, I am a wolf, so I I I can't even deny it to. I Can't even deny it I am, but there's that.
Speaker 1:
So, friends, friendship, this is it's supposed to be about, friendship, today's episode. And we're all the same. We all have the same questions, we all have the same, you know, like Thoughts. One, one issue hey, can men and women be friends? The answer is yes, done it. Yes, mature people can do anything. You have to be mature. It's not like.
Speaker 1:
So it's like hey, can men and women be friends if they had a some type of relationship, relationship prior? Blah, blah, blah, blah. Yes, can men and women be friends if they didn't ever? Yes, they can, they can. You know why? Because if you, if you take a step back, look at the person, look at the person and not have some yeah, I'm about to, I'm about to like straight up, jack this up not have some sexual in the window, not have some sexual climbing in the window. I don't, I don't even know if that's the right. Whatever, maturity, maturity and logic wins in the end. So the answer is yes, I Can look at a woman and say, hey, I'm this woman I'm proud of, blah, blah, blah. You know I, I know her from this, we've been through this. She's she's doing this. The answer is completely yes.
Speaker 1:
People say no, but that's not true. That is not true and I I'll charge any, anybody, anyone. You know one of my 10 million subscribers. You know rather not that's you or I charge anyone that's intellectual or not intellectual, a realist, a faked, anyone to challenge me on that.
Speaker 1:
Men and women can be friends with and without sexual relations. People normally say, hey, yeah, men and women can't be friends because it's just one person that likes the person more than the other. But that's not true. Won't you take a step back and look at each other objectively and look at each other as people, which you will do when you get older, you will do when you become more mature. You can be friends because it's like, it's about progress. It's like, hey, what are you doing? Say you are a female and then you are friends with a male and this male is like a I don't know. Say he's an architect and you're like a photographer and you're like, hey, what do you think about this? We use each other as resources, not saying that in a negative term. But you can be friends because, yeah, it'll benefit you, but in a sense, but you're learning. But it's like, hey, I'm not trying to like this, maybe that was a bad example, but you know what? Scratch that, I don't care. But I'm right, men and women can be friends, just like men and men can be friends. Just like women and women can be friends. It doesn't mean, like people say, well, women and women can be friends because they can relate to each other more and the same thing, men and men can be friends because they can relate to each other. But it's like, yeah, that's true, you can relate and that is a basis for friendship. But understanding also could be a basis for friendship. So it's like I'm not going to be like, hey, I'm not going to be friends with you because you don't like the Jets, which happens to be my favorite team. I'm going to talk to you all about that. We'll wait until hard knocks come out. Yeah, they're hard knocks, but that's not the issue. It's a rabbit hole. But yeah, I don't want to talk about that right now. But anyway, yeah, we know that sex on sex can relate. Because of that, they have that in common. It's like, hey, we have this in common, blah, blah, blah, blah. But people are people. People are dumb. People are not dumb. You can understand what the other person is thinking relating to, so you can be friends with them and you can. I hate to use the word use, but you can use that. You could say, hey, like I understand, you know this, so I want to use it as this blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. So don't give me that. Like men and women can't be friends because one person likes the other person. If one person likes the other person, then they absolutely should not be friends. They shouldn't. And friends is not like. Friends have mutual interests is what I'm saying, and it doesn't have to be sex. I'm out of here, that's, that's. That was an ingenious moment, so there's that. But so what else? So, like I, I wanted to talk more about the friendship deal and just growing into friendships.
Speaker 1:
It's very important. Like I have, I have different friends. I have some friends that are clueless and just want to be like yo. Like yo, man, gotta be at work in 15 minutes. I have other friends Like I, like last episode of talk to my, talk to you about my friend that gave me advice about talking about guns. I love that dude to death.
Speaker 1:
So it's like hey, but I'm gonna make, I'm gonna. I need that type of person as a friend. But, however, we're gonna fight, we're gonna poke jabs, but at the end of the day, if I didn't have that person as a friend, I probably wouldn't be who I am. So I'll hate on him, talk about him jabs, those gut punches, but at the end of the day, I don't. I actually really don't care about what he says, I just care about that he's there and that's what we need to do. You know what I mean. And I'm charging you Whoever your friend is your bestie, don't call them your bestie. Show them that they are your bestie. And you know, I'm making friends every day, reluctantly, because I'm at that point it's like, hey, my friend is in my house, my couch, my better house, my evening meal, if you will.
Speaker 1:
But what I'm charging you all to do is respect your friendships, nurture them, because all we have is people. All we have is people. It's not. We don't have plants, we don't have animals. People get animals for companion, but you're just taking care of something else. You say gotta get back home because my dog is bar up, and that's great, but that dog is not gonna give you advice, he's not gonna give you advice but not gonna comfort you when your boss yells at you. They'll just be there for you to take care of.
Speaker 1:
And that is a key core thing we do as humans. It's like, hey, we find comfort in taking care of things. And there's humans that deny that, which is fine. But I don't know. Yo like I need, yeah, I need to. Like I'm not gonna say I need to run for all of his, but how am I like I'm a genius in my own regard? That's crazy.
Speaker 1:
All right, I'm just like making up stuff, but I would charge you all nurture your friendships, listen to your friendships, understand them, pull those people in that you need to pull in, because we don't have that much time, we really don't and it'll mean a lot to them, it'll mean a lot to you and you'll find things like very refreshing. And like I have I talked about my little brother. Like he's, this dude is listening to my shows. He's like, hey, he's giving me advice on my shows. It's like that's priceless. You know, I appreciate that, I really appreciate that. It's like you know what, thank you. So I'm gonna nurture that friendship, the people around you. Just observe the people around you and appreciate them for what they are.
Speaker 1:
And I'm trying to actually apologize if this show is a little bit more serious like this is the third serious show in a row. Two, two, three, four fit in the. I don't care, just spitting that knowledge. Catch me in the corner, not speaking like girls face, give a shout out to the W and you know this. This that's real, integral to me, is real. I Just think we should like I have a. You know what, you know, I don't care, I'll just spit it out.
Speaker 1:
Whatever yo, treat your friends, treat the good friends your good friends, treat them like good friends. Do it, do it for me, do it for me and do it for you. Secondly, do it for me firstly and Do it for me secondly. But hold the people close. We've all gone through stuff last couple of years, five years, six years. Has has been Horrible. It's been like drinking bleach. So we should learn Right. All we have is people, and I will continue to say that. I'm gonna say that every other show. Oh, I probably won't, but I'm gonna say that, I'm gonna say it every other show now, the people that you, and it's not about just entertaining you, it's about, it's about being a, a base for you. The people that are a base for you, that you know you learn from, you rely on. Yo hold those people close, not trying to be too serious, but I am being too serious because it matters. So do that. Um, what else? So, anyway, let me know what you think, and that's all I got. See you.
