I've been sharing this article for over a decade and i hope it inspires you. Friendship is like a garden of different species of vegetables and fruits which in all totality are a source of vital nutrients.
Why do I have a variety of friends who are all different in character? How do I get on with them all? I think that each one helps to bring out a "different" part of me.
With one of them I am a polite, good girl. I joke with another friend, sit down and talk about serious matters with one of them. With another I giggle at every silly thing, i have my wine with one and dance with another, i listen to one friend's problems and give her advice, then I listen to another advising me. They are all like pieces of a jigsaw,
When completed, they form a treasure box of friends! There are my friends who understand me better than myself and those who support me through good days and bad days. They are all like colorful anti-depressants that I take on different days. Real Age doctors tell us that friends are good for our health.
Dr. Oz calls them Vitamin F (Friends) and counts the benefits of friends to our well being. Research shows that people in strong social circles have less risk of depression and terminal strokes. If you take Vitamin F constantly, you can be up to 30 years younger than your real age. The warmth of friendship stops stress and even in your tense moments, it decreases the chance of a cardiac arrest or stroke by 50%. I am so happy that I have a stock of Vitamin F!
In summary we should value our friends and keep in touch with them. Thank you to each of you for being one of my vitamins. Let the beauty of what you love be what you do. Always remember to treat your friends with respect and never take any of them for granted because it takes a true true friend to have a true friend.
Friendship is a type of investment which may appreciate or depreciate with time. twenty friends cannot remain twenty friends for twenty years, there can be a separation, sometimes unto death or unto abysmal situations (good or bad) or there may come a time of pruning. Treat each friend as you would want to be treated. Never compare yourself to anyone or each to another. Everyone has their unique personality trait. Together we shall exhale.
This is lovely. True friends are hard to find.
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Beautiful piece. Love this
The post is very clear and simple. It's literally saying your friends don't have to be like you, that one should keep different friends for different purposes and not every friend should be close friends.
Totally agree with you@ ok_eve.