What is a friend?

[linaewen]

I found this little gem while doing some research for my PowerPoint presentation. I remember I used to have this proverb on a poster hung on my refrigerator. It's worth remembering -- we all need such a friend from time to time, don't we? And it's a good reminder to BE that kind of friend, too.

"A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away."

- Arabian Proverb

*hugs my friends -- gently*

Today's plan is to keep plugging away at this project, and hopefully finish it today. I also have to do something about some of the mess that has accumulated about me so that I don't cringe everytime I look up from my computer! Maybe on one of my breaks... I shall start, however, with a nice walk with my DH, on a quest to buy rolls of quarters at the closest bank, so I can do laundry today!

Comments

[bellatook.livejournal.com]

*runs and hugs Lin very tightly* that was lovely! And very true!

[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

Hi you!!!

*hugs you back just as tightly*

[captinskywalker.livejournal.com]

What wonderful words!! I think I will copy, paste and save them right this instant into a file I keep of good sayings and such. Words to remember.

(((((Lin))))) Thank you for that little extra spot of brightness today!

[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

I'm going to be on the lookout for more gems like this, they are a nice thing to pull out when there isn't much else to say on a day, and yet still be encouraging to people.

Hope your studies are winding up satisfactorily!

Hello

[faramirgirl.livejournal.com]

(((((((lin4gondor))))))) And that fits you. You are a wonderful friend to all of us.

Re: Hello

[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

Thank you, my dear! I try to be the kind of friend one feels safe with.

*hugs*

[solodancer.livejournal.com]

I LIKE that quote. I might have to add that to my blurbs.

[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

It's a good one, isn't it? I'm glad I found it again. I wish I still had the little poster I used to have, with this saying and the Arabic word for Friend on it.

[kimbys-place.livejournal.com]

I think my favorite "friend" quote is " A friend is someone who thinks you're a good egg even if you're slightly cracked."
;-)
Enjoy your day, my friend!

[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

That's a good one, too -- I'm slightly cracked myself, so I like being considered a good egg in spite of that, hee!

(((((my good friend)))))

[siradaono.livejournal.com]

wishing you success with the PP thang.
Did you and the Fam. ever get to watch Serenity?
Don't forget to get up and stretch once in awhile and my Grampa Gene advised to stretch your eyes too, by looking away from your work at something across the room or outside in the distance so you don't get eye fatigue as well.

Happy Daze ((((MargiePie))))

[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

No Serenity yet. My boy is dragging his heels, afraid of the pain of it, I think. Once I get this PP out of the way, we'll have to push forward. I really want to see it, and the last two episodes of the series. I wish they hadn't cancelled it!

[samarra.livejournal.com]

*loves you very much*

[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

(((((((my dear)))))))

GIP! I don't know what I'll use this one for, but it just seems calming. Hope you are feeling better soon, love, I'm sorry you are sick again. :-(

[estellye.livejournal.com]

Arabian wisdom is worded so beautifully! *hugs to you*

[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

I used to have this on a poster decorated with the word "friend" in Arabic, which I could read because it was a similar script to Urdu -- its root is the word for "truth." Fitting!