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¶ … true measure of a friend is their conduct towards you when you are going through bad times. Being there for your friends is considered the mark of a true friend. Thesis: the best way to be there for someone is to be there with someone, to be "present" with that person. It means sharing in the person's pain or joy or whichever emotion happens to arise while you are with that person.
Recently, a friend of mine dropped out of art school, an endeavor in which he had invested much time, money, and effort. He decided that it was too expensive for what it was giving him. He would have to go back to work full-time and save up money for another artistic endeavor.
Though my friend had a good reason to drop out of art school, he seemed overly upset over the whole affair. He ranted somewhat bitterly about school,...
It seemed as if he wanted to blame everybody but himself for the way things turned out.
My friend might have been dealing with feelings of social inadequacy or career anxiety. However, I did not press him on these issues. Though I am usually annoyed by people who avoid accountability, I sensed here that I had to let go of my own selfish preferences and aversions.
I understood that the best thing I could do as a friend at that moment was to be "present" with him in whatever he was dealing with. One way that "presence" manifests itself is through the act of listening. To truly listen, it is not the type of listening you find in typical conversation, where people evaluate each other's statements and figure out how to respond. This type of listening is more receptive, it…
Film Analysis Someone to Watch Over Me: Opening Sequence -- The Two Parties In the opening sequences of Ridley Scott's Someone to Watch Over Me (1987) two parties are depicted in which two different classes of people are shown at two very different social engagements. The first party consists of working class people -- mostly police officers and their wives (family and friends): it is a large but intimate gathering for a
Lay Off Decision What criteria should be used to determine potential laid-off candidates? What emphasis, if any, should be given to non-job related factors such as personal problems or a spouse's need to work? Explain. In this situation, it is impossible to use personal situations in order to decide who should be laid off. These issues are too subjective, and it would not be possible for any human being to put
Gershwin/Someone to Watch "Someone to Watch over Me" ("STWOM") was featured in a long-running musical called Oh Kay!, written by George and IRA Gershwin, that made its world debut on Broadway's Imperial Theater. The date was November 8, 1926. The musical enjoyed great success, even including a Broadway revival in 1990. STWOM, the best-known song from the musical, was a hit three times the following year, starting with Oh Kay's star
There is also a specific technique involving this method that is specifically intended to relieve the withdrawal symptoms of addiction (Addicted to caffeine). In the final analysis, it was a combination of a healthy diet and a planned exercise program, complemented by yoga and a changing mindset that helped Nick to finally overcome his problem. One of the cardinal factors in his rehabilitation process was the understanding of what caffeine
Pre-Existing Condition and Denial of Health Insurance The focus of this work in writing is to examine whether the individual with a pre-existing health condition should be denied health insurance coverage. Toward this end, this work will examine the literature in this area of study. A pre-existing condition is "a medical condition that existed before someone applies for or enrolls in a new health insurance policy. It can be something as
Knowledge worker is someone employed more because of their specific informational expertise or mastery of a subject or process instead of their ability to perform manual or physical labor. These individuals will tend to advance the information available about their subject because they are able to devote their time and energy to focused analysis, or even redesign and development of a process. They are somewhat like the pure researchers of