Friends or Money?



This is me and one of my closest friends Jill at Mambukal Mountain Resort in Negros Occidental, Philippines


In the course of life, we may find people who will really stick to us in times of joy or trouble. They are people whose friendship is honest enough to accept you for just who and what you are. They are angels sent by God to help you either survive the cruelty of life or enjoy the many wonders of it. These people are called friends.

For real true friends, it is not an issue whether you are rich or poor. They do not need your money or wealth. They do not need your fancy clothes, golden jewelries, or designer bags. They just want the person inside you. They see you as a brother or a sister and are always there willing to lend a hand whenever you need them.

Friends do not compromise money with friendship. For real friends, money is just money and as long as everything can be done through a good conversation, there is nothing more to talk about money. Real friends do not base their friendship with money and they definitely do not put a price for their friendship. People like this are wonderful friends.

Unfortunately, it's quite hard to determine who are real friends and who are not particularly in this present generation. There are just so many bogus friends around and some of them are just there because they need something from us. Some pretentious friends only recognize us whenever they need an ear to listen to their sentiments and rantings about life.

I, myself has been a victim of these kinds of people. One time, I have this friend from a previous company who only talk to me when she is frustrated or happy about her new boyfriend. She really had me going that I even giving her advices on what to do and when to do it. I have been her confidante somehow. However, it was too late when I realize that she doesn't want to recognize me as one of her friends whenever she is with her loyal set of friends -a group of rich kids who drive their own cars and pay their own condominium units.

To be continued...

Introduction to Fishbucks

Life is like the flow of the river -never ending and sometimes we find it hard to go on when we are so tired

and exhausted of travelling forward but we have to go on. We are travelling for a specific purpose.

We are not just wandering around. Photo: Mambukal River, Photo was taken by Renante Beron.

     
It amuses me that I am writing another introduction for a new blog after more than seven years in the blogging and website development industry. But I have to go on. I will treat this new start as a major turning point to my blogging career and as a sign of development on my skills as well. So let me start with an amiable post to welcome you to this new creation of yours truly.

By now, I'm guessing you are either amused or curious on how I have gotten the name for this blog. I was actually opting for "GreenFish" or "ScrambledEggs" initially but sadly both of them are already taken so I came up with a new name that Blogger will accept and I think I came up with just the right one.

Fishbucks is a blog about personality development. The main goal of this blog is to help people take a closer look inside their hearts, to examine what is missing in their life and to help them realize their real purpose according to God's will.

I named it Fishbucks® because I had to get the root word "fish" which in this case is a verb. The idea was borrowed from the famous saying popularized by Confucius,  "Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime."

Likewise, the purpose of this blog is to give directions to those who are somewhat misguided and feeling astray. I will provide advices about life, love and relationships, family and personality development based from my own experiences and the experiences I've learned from other people whom I have interacted with from the past and present times.

Life is beautiful and we should learn to live according to our purpose in order to fully appreciate it. On the contrary, life is cruel as well and it could ruin us if we are not guided accordingly. Fishbucks® primarily aims to assist everyone who is confuse and dismayed about their lives.
At the end of the day, I hope everyone will get something from this blog. You would also need to bear with me as this is my very first feat at Personality Development but I am very willing to learn and test the waters. I will kindly ask you then to please feel free to drop your comments and share your opinions on every topic so as to make the blog interactive and growing for everyone's benefit.

Welcome to Fishbucks®! Please feel at home and enjoy your stay.