Does Choosing Friends Really Matters?

[ICU MAN]

Does choosing friends really matters?

Tell me who your friends are and I tell who you are. Birds with same feather flock together. Who do you hang out with most of the time? A friend is someone you know and like very much and enjoy spending time with . I had friends in High School that up to now still are my friends and enjoy spending time with. If you enjoy gossiping then you would probably enjoy people who talks about other people's behaviour and private lives, often including unkind or untrue remarks. I think you would not be contesting me when I say that gossips exist in the ward. I was informed by my DON during my job interview that spending too much time talking in the ward flocking together while on duty is not tolerable and prohibited. This is funny but it is rampant at work. I even see nurses went into a fight just because someone couldn't' keep her mouth shut. There are people who really loves to gossip.

Its not the color of your skin, financial status, or wherever country you came from, but it's what inside your heart that counts. Some chooses friends because of the looks. But we cannot judge the book by its cover. It takes time to know who really a person is. I once met this person whom I thought is a friend, very nice talking , seems to be sincere and caring but found out to be a backbiter. Then one of our CNA whom I thought would give me a hard time because of my notion of where he came from and his scary looks, turned out to be nice, cooperative and dependable at work. I also learned that we share common interest, Jazz . I am very much in to Jazz music.

We cannot please everybody . Not everyone at your work could be your friend, but if we are willing to extend our hands to help each other, a little consideration, would be an effective way to win a friend. Our work is very stressful but if you are surrounded by people whom you trust it takes a lot of weight away from you and it makes your work a lot easier.

Someone once told me that a friend is someone who laughs when you laugh and will cry when you cry. For me, a friend is someone that makes you laugh, especially when you are down. Someone who likes you no matter how you dress or the style of your hair, with or without hair to some extent. Most importantly someone who loves you for who you are.