YOUR COMPANIONS ARE LIKE THE BUTTONS ON AN ELEVATOR. THEY WILL EITHER TAKE YOU UP OR THEY WILL TAKE YOU DOWN.   He that walketh with wise men shall be wise; but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. Proverbs l3:20

A scorpion, being a very poor swimmer, once asked a
turtle to carry him on his back across a river.
"Are you mad" exclaimed the turtle. "You'll sting
me wile I'm swimming and I'll drown."

The scorpion laughed as he replied, "My dear turtle,
if I were to sting you, you would drown and I would
go down with you. Now, what would be the point of that?
I won't sting you. It would mean my own death!"

The turtle thought about the logic of his argument for
a few moments and then said, "You're right. Hop on!"
The scorpion climbed aboard and halfway across the river,
he gave the turtle a mighty sting.

As the turtle began to sink to the bottom of the river
with the scorpion on its back, it moaned in dismay, "After
your promise, you still stung me! Why did you do that?
Now we're both doomed."

The drowning scorpion sadly replied, "I couldn't help it.
It's my nature to sting."

STUDY THE CHARACTER OF A PERSON before

YOU MAKE THEM A FRIEND.  THE STAGE ON WHICH

THEIR CHARACTER PLAYS IS GOING TO BE YOUR LIFE!