Ah mih people, we all know that this world can be a lonely and discouraging place, that's why we need to first spend regular and intimate time with God, then have human friends, who value and desire us to improve enough, that they will spend valuable time with us, encouraging and uplifting us. Like the saying goes, iron sharpens iron. Likewise friends sharpen friends and that's the kind of friendships we need to seek out, not those who desire to use us or discourage us. Anyone who doesn't desire to see us improve, is not a friend. Drop them right away! Much LOVE!