“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus
friendship
Healthy Tips:
Over the next five days this blog post will focus on building trust in romantic and friendship relationships. A healthy sustainable relationship contributes to good health and longevity.
Be Consistent and Reliable. Trust is built over time by showing up and following through on your words. Why it matters: Trust grows when people know they can count on you.
Romantic Relationship Example:
If you tell your partner you’ll be home by 7 PM for dinner, show up on time or let them know in advance if you’re running late. Consistency in small actions reassures your partner that they can rely on you.
Friendship Example:
If you promise to help your friend move on Saturday, don’t cancel last minute. Being dependable shows your friends they can trust you in both small and big moments.
The Mark of a True Friend
Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your hear ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Reflection: Friends Matter
I recently bought a Tesla, my first electric car. I only took two test drives in the Tesla. I wanted to buy it to prove to myself I could learn the technology and enjoy what an electric car has to offer. Fortunately, I have a friend. He and has wife live one street over. My friend and his wife both have a Tesla. He volunteered to go with me to Tesla on the day I picked up my car. Imagine that. He sat in the car with me for an hour in the Tesla lot going over every setting and subsetting. When I drove out of the Tesla lot, I felt as if I’d been driving a Tesla for years. Good friends are a treasure. If you have good friends, let them know how grateful you are for their friendship. A gentle reminder, friendship is a two-way street. We help each other out when we are in need.
A Friend ~ A Poem by Edgar Albert Guest
A Friend
Edgar Albert Guest
A friend is one who stands to share
Your every touch of grief and care.
He comes by chance, but stays by choice;
Your praises he is quick to voice.
No grievous fault or passing whim
Can make an enemy of him.
And though your need be great or small,
His strength is yours throughout it all.
No matter where your path may turn
Your welfare is his chief concern.
No matter what your dream may be
He prays your triumph soon to see.
There is no wish your tongue can tell
But what it is your friend’s as well.
The life of him who has a friend
Is double-guarded to the end.
Today’s Poem: Friendship by Salomeja Neris
Friendship
Salomeja Neris
Let prophets curse, this world despising,
Until their bloodless lips turn blue!
My friendship – like the sun arising,
Like longing – I extend to you.
In pitch-dark night we often blunder
The clouded skies seem never bright.
And yet I cannot help but wonder:
Why is the earth so full of light?
It’s not the sun that we so cherish
That every morning brings us light.
It is the dawn of our great friendship
That fills us brimful of delight!
It keeps this world and us still going,
It keeps all songs alive and gay.
For friendship’s sake do streams go flowing
And forests sing their roundelay.
Today’s Poem: A Friend by Edgar Albert Guest
A Friend
Edgar Albert Guest
A friend is one who stands to share
Your every touch of grief and care.
He comes by chance, but stays by choice;
Your praises he is quick to voice.
No grievous fault or passing whim
Can make an enemy of him.
And though your need be great or small,
His strength is yours throughout it all.
No matter where your path may turn
Your welfare is his chief concern.
No matter what your dream may be
He prays your triumph soon to see.
There is no wish your tongue can tell
But what it is your friend’s as well.
The life of him who has a friend
Is double-guarded to the end.
Today’s Poem: Triangle Friendship by Harriet Annie Wilkins
Triangle Friendship
Harriet Annie Wilkins
I’ll take a triangle friendship please
you get to stop and pause along the path of the triangle
take a deep breath and look around at each corner
see what you have before you
enjoy the moment before you move on to the next corner
With a circle friendship
everything goes round and round much too fast to take in and enjoy
one friend may speed way ahead in a circle friendship
and leave the other behind
gives you no time to see and appreciate what you have in a friend
gives no time to put the breaks on and stop from hurting the one you love
A triangle is never ending as a circle is
but with the triangle you pause
you look around
you see who is there with you
you get to live in that moment
and you look forward to the next corner of the triangle when you both meet again
So for those of you in a circle friendship,
take a hammer out bang that circle into a triangle
and say hello to a new friendship you have begun
and enjoy the corners it has with the one you love.
Today is the start of a new day,
today is the day of the “Triangle Friendship”
one i look forward to taking the time to pause at each corner
and appreciating my friend
enjoying the calm, slow, steady path of
corner to corner to corner
with each other
Today’s Poem: Friendship by Shel Silverstein
Friendship
Shel Silverstein
I’ve discovered a way to stay friends forever–
There’s really nothing to it.
I simply tell you what to do
And you do it!!
Today’s Poem: Friendship by Robert Pollok
Friendship
Robert Pollok
Much beautiful, and excellent, and fair,
Was seen beneath the sun; but nought was seen
More beautiful, or excellent, or fair,
Than face of faithful friend,-fairest when seen
In darkest day. And many sounds were sweet
Most ravishing and pleasant to the ear;
But sweeter none than voice of faithful friend, —
Sweet always, sweetest heard in loudest storm
* * * * *
all are friends in heaven, all faithful friends
and many friendships, in the days of time
begin, are lasting here and growing still.
