The friends we have, these are choices that - unlike family, which we have no choice in, and I love my family, thank God - we've given ourselves, to some degree.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
God gives us relatives; thank God, we can choose our friends.
My family is probably too involved in my life because they are my best friends, but I love that.
Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
One of my favorite things about my life is that I have the same group of friends that I grew up with. I love them so dearly, and we give each other a hard time.
My family is everything. They love me unconditionally.
Friendships are the family we make - not the one we inherit. I've always been someone to whom friendship, elective affinities, is as important as family.
The people in my life are friends I have by choice. I've made a conscious effort to have them in life. I only have the time and energy for so many people, which has cut down my friend group to a handful, but I'm so much happier with fewer good people, who really do know me.
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
The only people that you really have, that I learned, are your family, because they love you no matter what.
My family is mostly a chosen one. I've managed to invite some really amazing people into my life and they become family. Brothers, sisters, siblings, mentors, role models. And I like to live that way, where your family bleeds out into the larger community.