However rare true love may be, it is less so than true friendship.
La Rochefoucauld
The former hasn’t shown up, yet. I’m blessed to have 3 of the latter.
Archive for June, 2009
True…Love? Friendship?
Tuesday, June 30th, 2009Silences
Monday, June 22nd, 2009Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.
Margaret Lee Runbeck
That’s right. Just being with you, or sensing your presence — even if it’s only through a phone speaker — is more than enough. 一切尽在不言中。
Letter from a Friend
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009One of the sweetest things in life: a letter from a friend.
Andy Rooney
3 letters a year: your birthday, my birthday, New Year. We kept this tradition without knowing why. Well, now we do.
Exchange
Monday, June 15th, 2009Life is fortified by many friendships — To love and be loved is the greatest happiness of existence.
Sydney Smith
What did they sang in Moulin Rouge? “The greatest things / you’ll ever learn / is just to love / and be loved in return.“
Loving Oneself
Thursday, June 11th, 2009Friendship with oneself is all-important because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Indeed, how can one love someone else, or even know what love is, when he can’t even cherish himself?
The Benefits
Wednesday, June 10th, 2009That is what you love a friend for: the ability to change your angle of vision, bring back your best self when you feel worst, remind you of your strengths when you feel weak.
Erica Jong
…and to steer me into the right direction when I can’t see where I’m going anymore.
Revitalization
Tuesday, June 9th, 2009Friends create the world anew each day. Without their loving care, courage would not suffice to keep hearts strong for life.
Helen Keller