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"Real friends are someone who is right next to you when you got in emergency, not in only parties."

- Hiroko Sakai

 I cannot stress the importance of true friends and mentors enough. No matter what you do or where you go in life, having good people is generally what makes the difference between a challenging day and a terrible day. 

Let me paint a picture for you.

 Most people know that I live on a farm. (If you didn't, surprise! Farmers can be artists too! 😜) Having a farm where we do livestock and a BIG problem with coyotes, livestock guardian dogs are a major asset. On one hand, I can't be out there with the livestock 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to protect my livestock from predators, but the dogs can. On the other, the dogs can't feed, water, give medication, or do anything else of that sort for the livestock, but I can. We work in harmony and to our strengths to keep the farm running. 

^^^THAT is how friendship is supposed to work. You only have 20% confidence? I'll make up the other 80%!

That's what I love about Beyond the Brushes. We are a team. We are a community. We are friends. 

If you don't have someone in your corner, 

  • the hard times will seem harder,
  • and the good times will seem more dull.

Everything gets drug down without the right relationships to support or cheer you on your way, to grieve or rejoice in day-to-day events.

So, what are you doing to build your inner circle? 

Who can you go to or look to in the good times AND the bad?  

 If you're racking your brain and coming up short, let this be a red flag. 🚩

Start making the decisions and the efforts to build your circle or your path may crumble beneath your feet.

Hand-painted in Adobe Photoshop CC using the Wacom Intuos Pro and the Wacom Art Pen.

Dog in charcoal

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Someone there in the good times and the bad, who will tell you the truth even when it might not be what you want to hear.

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