3 Ways To Reassure Your Friends
John Arthur
Avid Reader || Writer || Friendship Expert || Founder, The School Of Friendship || Author, "Who is your friend?"
"Friends can reassure each other of their fine qualities." - Dr. Carol S. Dweck
Reassurance is one of the finest skills that spices friendships to grow without stoppage. It helps friends to become committed to each other even when they are miles apart. Having a friend who reassures you of your fine qualities will increase your self-esteem, deepen your bond to them and unleash your greatest skills without stress. In your own friendships, practice the habit of reassuring your friends. You can do this in three ways.
1) REASSURANCE Of Friendship: Friends reassure each other of their friendship.
Let your friends know how appreciative you are to have them in your life. You can do this by emphasizing on something that makes them unique as your friends and expressing your desire of a lasting friendship with them.
You may tell them, "Hey John, I feel so blessed having an amazing friend like you. Someone that is always honest to tell me when I'm wrong. It's my desire for us to keep this friendship into eternity. Thank you for being my friend, John". That's it. You've reassured them of your friendship with you.
Harvey Weinstein, said, "I hope to continue my friendship with France and its filmmakers for many years to come." “If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.” (A.A. Milne). The friends you reassure often remain with you.?
2) REASSURANCE Of Character: Friends reassure each other of their finest character.
What has not changed about your friend over the past 5 or 10 years? What character in them has been enduring? Is it their faithfulness, focus and consistency to their calling? The last time I received a call from a friend I really respect and who is very dear to me, Isaac Agya Koomson.
He said, "We have done very well, and we need to keep it up". I asked him, "Why?", and he said, "It's been almost 10 years now when I chose to focus on Business Start-ups, and you also chose Friendship and Relationships; and we've faithfully been on the same separate paths up till now." That's a reassurance. I was happy to hear those kind words.
3) REASSURANCE Of Potentials: Friends reassure each other of their unique gifts and potentials.
When Thomas Edison heard that Henry Ford was working on his Model-T Car, he went to him said, "Young man, you're onto something great that will change transportation in our country. Keep at it." He made him aware of how great his gifts were. And those words changed the life of Mr. Ford.
Psalm 139:14 says, "I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made..." Reassure your friends of your friendship with them, their enduring character and the great gifts they have. It will change their lives and always keep them connected to you. Remember: The friends you reassure often remain with you.
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