10 Friendship Commandments
(from "My Best Friends and Me" by Emilie Barnes)
#1 DO keep promises and secrets.
Friends should be able to trust each other.
#2 DON'T boss others around or tell them what to do.
(unless they ask!)
#3 DON'T play tug of war with your friends.
Everybody can have more than one friend.
And acting jealous and possessive is a definite
friendship buster!
#4 DON'T gossip or talk behind people's backs.
That always causes trouble!
#5 DO try to work your problems out.
If you're hurt or mad, don't just blow up
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in anger or sit in a corner and sulk.
Go to the other person and see if you can talk.
#6 DON'T tease people or put them down.
That really hurts.
#7 DO try to keep your sense of humor!
When you can see the funny side of a problem,
sometimes it stops beins so much of a problem.
#8 DON'T brag or show off.
It annoys people, and it makes you look worse,
not better.
#9 DO think about others' feelings
and try to understand why they act the way they do.
#10 DO learn to say "I'm sorry" and
"I forgive you" and
"It is hard to stop a quarrel once it starts,
so don't let it begin."
The Book of Proverbs
