The Art Of Friendship

FRIENDSHIP can be a valuable asset if you choose to make this an
important endeavor in your life. Each of us has been put here for a
specific purpose..establishing a place within our hearts and souls
where sharing, caring, and love can exist between friends. Each one of
us can offer the HAND OF FRIENDSHIP to all who come our way,
remembering that what we do in life, always comes back to us a
hundredfold.

With all of us being human, problems, disputes and arguments are bound
to occur. Many issues can be misunderstood and misinterpreted, but true
friends are strong enough to deal with and overcome the trials and
tribulations of negative feelings which are put in their pathway.

What friends say to each other can leave a lasting impression, either
for good or bad. In order to maintain a lasting friendship, you do not
have to agree with what has been said, but never consider answering in
the heated anger of the moment. Let the matter rest for awhile,
rethinking what has been said and discussed. Try to see the other
person's point of view, keeping in mind that each of us is entitled to
our own thoughts and opinions about any and all issues.

When a friend has made a mistake and admits to doing wrong, true
friends have the ultimate power forged within their hearts to forgive
and forget. In letting bygones be bygones, this friendship is better
able to move on to bigger and better things.

True friends last through thick and thin, being there for each other
through the ups and downs, then looking beyond past mistakes that have
been made and offering forgiveness.

What comes to my mind when I think of True Friendship is 1st
Corinthians 13: verses 4-8.
' Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not
arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not
irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in
the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all
things, endures all things. Love never ends. '

I hope that what I have said as a True Friend finds its way into your
wide open heart, where the inexhaustable words of love will take
effect
immediately.