FRIENDS........where would we be without friends.  Especially friends who remain with us through our hardest times...usually they can do that because they are firmly grounded in their own dearly held beliefs and values.  But when you fall...and find yourself alone........filled with a horrendous fear that no one will come to lift and carry you until you can walk again.....suddenly she appears and takes your hand and lifts...and you stand.

Friends just seem to show up at the most important times...the one thing that "shows loneliness the door" is a friend.

So here is a quote that I found the other day about friends...all of us need more friends.

"YOUR FRIEND IS ONE WHO SEES YOU AS YOU WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOURSELF."

I do not know who said it but I like it.

When your friend compliments you, admires you, notices some virtue you have....and you start to deny it or ignore it...DON'T.  Don't make what your friend is saying be totally true....even if it is half true...just let it warm you a bit and you will feel a lift in your step and you will be able to go on a distance.  Thank you, friend.

Have a nice day. Jim MacArthur