For You My Friend
Friendship
Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love, and reap with thanksgiving. And he is your board and fireside. For you come to him with your hunger, and seek him for peace. ~~~ When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the "no" in your own mind, nor do you withold the "yes." And when he is silent your heart ceases not to listen to his heart: For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared, with joy that is unacclaimed. ~~~ When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him May be clearer in his absence, As the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain. And let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit. For love that seeks aught but the disclosure of its own mystery is not love, but a net cast forth: And only the unprofitable is caught. ~~~ And let your best be for your friend. If he must know the ebb of your tide, Let him know its flood also For what is your friend that you Should seek him with hours to kill? Seek him always with hours to live. For it his to fill your need, But not your emptiness. And in the sweetness of friendship Let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things The heart finds its morning And is refreshed. ~~~~ (Khalil Gibran)
Anyone can stand by you when you are right, but
A Friend will stand by you even when you are wrong...
A simple friend identifies himself when he calls.
A Real Friend doesn't have to.
A simple friend opens a conversation with a full news bulletin on his life.
A Real Friend says, "What's new with you?"
A simple friend thinks the problems you whine about are recent.
A Real Friend says, "You've been whining about the same thing for 14 years.
Get off your duff and do something about it."
A simple friend has never seen you cry.
A Real Friend has shoulders soggy from your tears.
A simple friend doesn't know your parents' first names.
A Real Friend has their phone numbers and email in his address book.
A simple friend brings a bottle of wine to your party.
A Real Friend comes early to help you cook and stays late to help you clean.
A simple friend hates it when you call after he has gone to bed.
A Real Friend asks you why you took so long to call.
A simple friend seeks to talk with you about your problems.
A real friend seeks to help you with your problems.
A simple friend wonders about your romantic history.
A Real Friend could blackmail you with it.
A simple friend, when visiting, acts like a guest
A Real Friend opens your refrigerator and helps himself.
A simple friend thinks the friendship is over when you have an argument.
A Real Friend knows that it's not a friendship until after you've had a fight.
A simple friend expects you to always be there for them.
A Real Friend expects to always be there for you!
Pass this on to anyone you care about....if you get it back you have found
your true friends!
To you my friend
May the angels always smile upon you. May you always be blessed with health, wealth (many friends) and happiness.
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