The Grass-Root Friend

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Abiotona Alu Sukubo. The Grass-Root Friend

FORWARD:

DEDICATION:

INTRODUCTION:

Chapter 1: Friendship And A friend

Chapter 2: The Grass-root

Chapter 3: The True Friend

Chapter 4: The Grass-root Friend in Your family

Chapter 5: The Grass-root Friend In Your Village

Chapter 6:Grass-root Friend In The City

Chapter 7: The Grass-root Friend Abroad (In A Strange Land)

Chapter 8: Jesus, The True (Grass-root) Friend

About the author

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This little piece of work is dedicated, first to God Almighty for His mercies, grace and strength upon my life till date. Secondly to my little daughter – Peace (Dein) A. Alu-Sukubo, who is just seven years old at the time of writing this book. She needs to know her true friend(Grass-Root Friend) and guide herself with the principles of nature written in this book as she grow-up. Darling-Baby ( The pet name I gave you because you are my fist child, so Dearing to me ), I have put together a lot of advises in this book that will build you up as well -respected and responsible figure in the society. To you Darling-Baby and others reading this book, I pray you will always find patience and peace with men before God, for therein lies the key to success in life. My child, I also want you to know that the ideas and wisdoms in this book are from the teachings and instructions of my lovely mother of blessed memories (Mrs Faye Alu Sukubo. Nee Obene) who also thought me the ways of nature. I love you ‘MOTHER’

Emotionally, I dedicate this book to my fiancée (though I will not mention name) whom I thought was my true friend but left for another man, just at the time I and Peace needed you the most in our lives. Baby, I love and will always love you but I cannot reverse the hands of the clock.

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Philia (φιλία philía) means affectionate regard or friendship in both ancient and modern Greek. It is a dispassionate virtuous love, a concept developed by Aristotle. It includes loyalty to friends, family, and community, and requires virtue, equality and familiarity. In ancient texts, philos denoted a general type of love, used for love between family, between friends, a desire or enjoyment of an activity, as well as between lovers.

Storge (στοργή storgē) means "affection" in ancient and modern Greek. It is natural affection, like that felt by parents for offspring. Rarely used in ancient works, and then almost exclusively as a descriptor of relationships within the family. It is also known to express mere acceptance or putting up with situations, as in "loving" the tyrant.

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