The Genius of Friendship

FRIENDSHIP
Letter from a friend
I just had to write to tell you how much I love you and care for you.
Yesterday I saw you walking and laughing with your friends. I hoped
that soon you’d want Me to walk along with you, too. So I painted you
a sunset to close your day and whispered a cool breeze to refresh you. I
waited—you never called—I just kept on loving you.
As I watched you fall asleep last night, I wanted so much to touch you. I
spilled moonlight onto your face—trickling down your cheeks as so many
tears have. You didn’t think of me; I wanted so much to comfort you.
The next day I exploded a brilliant sunrise into a glorious morning for
you. But you woke up late and rushed off to work—you didn’t even
notice. My sky became cloudy and my tears were the rain.
I love you, oh, if you’d only listen. I really love you. I try to say it in
the quiet of the green meadows and in the blue sky. The wind whispers
my love throughout the treetops and spills it into the vibrant colors of
all the flowers. I shout it to you in the thunder of the great waterfalls
and compose love songs for birds to sing for you. I warm you with the
clothing of My sunshine and perfume the air with nature’s sweet scent.
My love for you is deeper than any ocean and greater than any need in
your heart. If you’d only realize how I care.
My Dad sends His love. I want you to meet Him—He cares so.
Fathers are just that way.
So, please, call on me soon. No matter how long it takes, I’ll wait, because I love you!
Your friend,
Jesus
“Don’t walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend.” —Maimonidies.
There is no greater blessing than a friend who’s there when good times aren’t.
Friends Are:
Amazing Gifts. Cherish them. Unwrap them.
Blessings/Healing. Acknowledge them. Be with them.
Caring/Important. Allow them. Value them.
Dependable/Juicy. Rely on them. Savor them.
Encouraging/Kind. Hear them. Delight in them.
Fallible/Loyal. Love them. Mirror them.

Being friendly is meeting a stranger half way.
A bleeding hearts—there way of being Christian.
A bleeding Heart needs no healer.
Give me a foul weather friend any day.
EGO your greatest friend and your greatest enemy.
Relationship bankruptcy—when your accumulated enemies, exceed your accumulated friends.
One of the best reasons to bless your enemies, is that one day they may be your friends —Tuchy Palmieri
A true friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be. —Douglas Pagels
Friendship isn’t a big thing—it’s a million little things. —Author Unknown
A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world. —Leo Buscaglia
Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. —Sicilian Proverb
The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.. —Aristotle
The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend. —Henry David Thoreau
A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down. —Arnold Glasow
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. —William Blake
One’s friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human. —George Santayana
A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails. —Donna Roberts
Friends are those rare people who ask how you are and then wait for the answer. —Unknown
A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out. —Grace Pulpit
Love blossoms from friendship.
Love is friendship on fire. – French Proverb
Relief comes from relieving pain from others.
A bleeding heart pours goodness on others.
Gifts go where they are appreciated.
Love is blind and friendship is clairvoyant.
One of life’s greatest gifts—giving up part of one’s life for a friend.
A friend is the only person you will let into the house when you are turning out drawers. —Pam Brown
One doesn’t know, till one is a bit at odds with the world, how much one’s friends who believe in one rather generously mean to one. —D.H. Lawrence
Friendliness and courtesy are free. Use them generously. —Tuchy Palmieri