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What would we do without our friends? What would life be like? Rather dreary, I think.
Friends are there for us when we are down and when we are up. They help support us in following our dreams and work with us to make them come true. In friendships there is a connection on the most basic of levels...from the heart, where there is no need for words.
You can live next door or be continents away yet your energies are still together even if you don't see each other for awhile you can pick up right where you left off.
When you find a true friend it is the greatest of gifts. To know that someone has your back even when you screw up royally, have disagreements, look a mess, and embarrass yourself they are there lifting you up (sometimes carrying you) and reminding you that it will all be better soon. They hold your heart in their hands with the greatest of care.
Sometimes friends are in your family, sometimes we have to find our family in our friends.
The world would not nearly be so much fun without our friends to share it with. Someone you can spend hours with doing almost nothing, talking about everything like two peas in a pod sharing the experience of life.
A true friend is a treasure of life, held in the heart. A blessing to be grateful for, honored, and respected. It is a two-way street, giving and receiving, allowing and letting go, challenging and defending, always loving unconditionally.
Most people are acquaintances that we know, a friend is that one pearl in the ocean of life that washes upon your shore and shares with you the masterpieces of moments that make up your life.
A good definition of a friend is from Ralph Waldo Emerson: "A friend is one before whom I think aloud". That kind of says it all, doesn't it? A person whom you can reveal your inner most thoughts and feel safe in doing so. Safe in that I can trust that person to understand, relate, and help me understand myself without judging or criticizing.
Here is a quote that I love about friendship:
"If you are alone, I'll be your shadow. If you want to cry, I'll be your shoulder. If you want a hug, I'll be your pillow. If you need to be happy, I'll be your smile...but anytime you need a friend, I'll just be me."
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