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A person I once knew sent me the below question in rhyme:
"WRITTEN WITH A PEN~SEALED WITH A KISS~IF YOU ARE MY FRIEND~PLEASE ANSWER THIS:>>ARE WE FRIENDS OR ARE WE NOT? YOU TOLD ME ONCE, BUT I FORGOT....SO TELL ME NOW AND TELL ME TRUE~SO I CAN SAY I AM HERE FOR YOU....OF ALL THE FRIENDS I'VE EVER MET, YOU'RE THE ONE I WON' FORGET....AND IF I DIE BEFORE YOU DO~~~I'LL GO TO HEAVEN AND WAIT FOR YOU.<<"
>>>MY RESPONSE WAS IN THE FORM OF AN "ode on friendship"<<<
YES~~YES~~I'LL BE YOUR FRIEND....DOWN EVERY PATH UNTIL ITS END....AND THEN I'LL BEND THE ROAD 'some more'~~~FOR ONE WHOSE HEART IS TRUE AND PURE!!!
YES~~YES~~I'LL E'ER BE THERE....IF ONLY IF TO SAY I CARE!!!!I'LL BEND THE WAY 'a little more'~~~TO PROVE TO YOU MY LOVE IS SURE!!!
YES~~YES~~I'LL BE YOUR FRIEND....SO LET ME SAY IT ONCE AGAIN: I'LL BE YOUR FRIEND 'forevermore'~~~FOR ONE WHOSE HEART BLEEDS TRUE AND SURE!!!
>>>>>I, lebeau, have had people walk out of my life in MANY MANY ways...by not answering my emails & letters>>>by 'distancing' themselves from me because I CHOOSE to fight "THE BIG BULLY WHO CAN PUNISH ME" instead of supporting me because "THEY MIGHT GET HURT THEMSELVES!">>>>>I also DO NOT CHASE PEOPLE who decide for one reason or another to 'walk out on me'!!!.....INSTEAD, EVEN THOUGH THEY "slam the door in my face" I CHOOSE TO ...'always leave the door~~OPEN!'>>>>>so that I use as my stated policy: BEAT PEOPLE OVER THE HEAD WITH A FEATHER>>>>>NOT A HAMMER>>>>>because>>>>>it doesn't hurt as much!!!!! That's all I can say on the matter.....
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"DON'T WALK IN FRONT OF ME ~ I MAY NOT FOLLOW
DON'T WALK BEHIND ME ~ I MAY NOT LEAD
WALK BESIDE ME ~ AND JUST BE MY FRIEND. [Albert Camus]
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"THE LIBERATION FROM THE EGO IS WHAT SEEMS TO ME YOUR MOST PRECIOUS GIFT...AND IT IS ONLY THEN THAT ONE BEGINS TO LOVE." Anais Nin, author, presently deceased
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"You can make more friends in two months by being interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you." DALE CARNEIGIE
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"Our life is so precious & fragile
Sharing our love with others
for a moment, an hour, a day,
Can bring much more to us
than we can ever return.
LOVE ISN'T -- until we give it away."
Ishaah
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SOME FRIENDS BRING RUIN ON US, BUT A TRUE FRIEND IS MORE LOYAL THAN A BROTHER. Proverbs, 18:24
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ANSWER ME, MY LOVE: "...you must know I've been true
won't you say that we can start anew ~
in my sorrow now I turn to you...."
[[A true friend corrects his/her friend when he/she thinks that the other is not seeing things clearly and URGES that person to consider
the alternative...with no ulterior motive other than the truth of something.
A FALSE FRIEND cares not whether someone knows the truth of something
~~ or is so insecure in their friendship - IS AFRAID TO OFFEND!
AND THE OTHER SIDE OF FRIENDSHIP:
Once the other is AWARE of the false friend's thinking by reviewing it - and then rejecting it ~
AT THAT POINT ~ a truly false friend will still unceasingly hound the other to accept the false friend's advice.
THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TRUE FRIEND'S "URGING"
AND THE FALSE FRIEND'S "PUSHING"!!!
NOTE: IF THIS DISTINCTION COULD NEVER BE MADE ~ NO ONE COULD EVER BE SUCCESSFULLY
PERSWADED TO SEE THINGS CLEARLY (CHANGE THEIR MIND!)
AND GOOD PEOPLE WOULD REMAIN IN IGNORANCE OF THINGS TRUE & VALUABLE!!!
ANY REAL TRUTH THAT I HAVE LEARNED INVOLVED TREMENDOUS RISK:
REAL TRUTH IS HARD TO COME BY. IT IS USUALLY ACCOMPANIED BY
SUFFERING ALSO....]]
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THERE ARE FAST SHIPS AND FLEETER SHIPS THAT SAIL ALL SEVEN SEA...BUT FRIENDSHIP MAKES THE 'BESTEST~SHIPS'
AND MAY OURS ALWAYS BE!
[[These words were confabulated by one, Brian O'Beau, who himself cribbed them from one, Murky O'Toole, who himself swiped them from some fine fine person of wit & loving wisdom, whose name escapes me at the moment...but as sure as day follows the night, that person's name was NOT Amon Emus, Egyptian rogue and thief of the night! My only wish is to share these sentiments with YOU ~the reader ~ a possible future friend, some fine fine day!]]
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KNOWN QUOTES ON FRIENDSHIP:
(1) "The sacrifices of friendship were beautiful in her eyes as long as she was not asked to make them."
[BEASTS & SUPER~BEASTS]
(2) "Ceremony was but devis'd at first to set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes...
but where there is true friendship, there needs none."
TIMON OF ATHENS, Act I, Scene 2, Line 15. (Shakespeare)
(3) "A true firend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a fiend unchangeably."
[WILLIAM PENN, FRUITS OF SOLITUDE]
(4) "I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause from withdrawing from a friend."
[THOMAS JEFFERSON, Letter to William Hamilton, 1800] |
