Making New Friends.
Once again, it's been a while and i'm so sorry! This purpose of this blog is to hopefully inspire you to reach out and meet new people even if you aren't such a social butterfly. I'm going to be writing from experience to show you all how incredibly benefiting making new friends can be.
Sometime last summer, this new family came to church with three kids around my age. It honestly took everyone in the youth group to introduce ourselves. About two months ago, some of us decided we would go and introduce ourselves and invite them to sit with ourselves. The oldest girl is 17, the middle girl had just turned 16, and the youngest brother is 13. We invited the middle girl to come and sit with us while the older group invited the oldest. I got to know this girl and I realized how much she was like me. She was extremely beautiful and had the same sense of humor as me. As each week went by of her sitting by me in church every Sunday and Wednesday, I realized how much we had in common. We watched the same youtubers, same tv shows, and listened to the same music.
At our social youth events, she always brings her friend who she also introduced me to once before at a youth rally. Her friend is now my friend and I love when she comes to our youth events. At one of our events, I started talking to the both of them and confided in them of my problems I was struggling with. I found them so easily to talk to/rant to and they just listened to me. To me, one of the best qualities a person can have is being a good listener. They are now two of my good friends. I'm closer with the girl who goes to my church because of that reason, but I love them both so much.
I used to sit back and wait for people to come up, but now after this experience, I always want to push myself to meet new people. These new friendships gave me someone to confide in and just laugh with. Meeting new people can benefit you or them in ways you don't even realize. I 100% encourage you all to reach out to new people because it can be so fulfilling. After I met these girls, I realized I had missing elements in my life. They filled those elements. You can also fill those missing pieces in your life. People are so beautiful, and they are more beautiful when we all come together.
"We all bleed the same. We're more beautiful when we come together. We all bleed the same. So tell me why, tell me why, we're divided. If we're gonna fight, let's fight for each other. If we're gonna shout let love be the cry!" -Mandisa
