5 Things to Keep in Mind Being a Good Friend

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🗓️ 30 June 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
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0:18.5	Remember, you can hear my radio program daily on Sirius XM Triumph and connect with me 24-7
0:26.2	at Dr.ora.com. You don't have to be on your own when you're willing and able to be a good friend.
0:38.3	To be a good friend is the way you get to have a good friend.
0:43.3	The being a good friend comes first.
0:47.3	And there are five things for you to keep in mind,
0:53.3	five things to keep in mind.
0:57.8	Five things to keep in mind to be a good friend. Number one.
1:01.3	Active, constructive, kind, responding.
1:08.5	That's a lot of words.
1:18.5	What does it mean for you to enthusiastically validate and celebrate your friends good news without being jealous, envious, petty, competitive.
1:34.5	I mean, you can be all those things, but just swallow that part, so that you can say,
1:41.6	that's fabulous, without finding a way to dismiss it. Well, you don't know
1:49.4	exactly yet if that's what's going to, you don't know how it's going to turn it. Well, yeah,
1:53.7	that's nice. There are a lot of people who cannot be a good friend
2:05.6	because they cannot celebrate other people
2:09.2	having some good luck, some success,
2:13.5	so happiness is something that doesn't involve them.
2:19.5	So... So happiness is something that doesn't involve them. So, intimacy and trust and feeling comfortable with each other
2:26.3	requires you to be happy for their joy.
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