{"id":643,"date":"2009-10-16T09:38:02","date_gmt":"2009-10-16T14:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidcprice.wordpress.com\/?p=643"},"modified":"2009-10-16T09:38:02","modified_gmt":"2009-10-16T14:38:02","slug":"true-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/true-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"True Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"

A friend of mine posted this on his Facebook this morning.\u00a0 It resonated with me so much, I have to post it here, with all my heart:<\/p>\n

It’s the people that disappoint you most in life that really make you appreciate the loyal people that don’t. To those who are true, and you know who you are, thank you!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is especially true when you are the leader of people.\u00a0 I recently heard a very well-known, respected leader make the following statement:<\/p>\n

“There is no way you are going to be able to please everyone, so make sure you anger the right people.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Good advice.<\/p>\n

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A friend of mine posted this on his Facebook this morning.\u00a0 It resonated with me so much, I have to post it here, with all my heart: It’s the people that disappoint you most in life that really make you appreciate the loyal people that don’t. To those who are true, and you know who…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[11],"tags":[185,688,269,355],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3jKZO-an","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1407,"url":"http:\/\/davidcprice.com\/patriotic-worship\/","url_meta":{"origin":643,"position":0},"title":"On Patriotic Worship","date":"July 2, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"If you come to The Gathering on big-time patriotic days like the 4th of July expecting fireworks, flag waving, or a full repertoire of chill-enducing patriotic songs, you\u2019re likely to be sorely disappointed. 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