2008 has been an interesting year and one that I, quite frankly, cannot wait to see the back-end of. Through all the travails of this year however, the true value of friendship has never been more prevalent. Thus I present you with what I have learned this year about that important-most relationship in life:
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Friends do not pass judgment but do hold up reality mirrors
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Friends call you up sincerely wanting to know how YOU are (and not simply to further their own agendas)
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Friends listen to you lament lost loves even when this may be the third or fourth time this particular love has been lost and never utter “I told you so”
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Friends don’t say “I haven’t heard from you in 6 months, you bitch”, they simply say “hi”
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Friends know that when you want to be alone you actually mean it and aren’t being self-centered or dramatic
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Friends do not dismiss your fears
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Friends do not discount your feelings
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Friends do not judge you on the opinions of others, rather they make their own and stand by you
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Friends don’t consider distance to be an obstacle
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Friends give second (and third, fourth and fifth) chances
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Friends laugh with you and at you when appropriate
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Friends forgive
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Friends understand when life sometimes gets in the way
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Friends are critical to your sanity and survival
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Friends are the family you make – trite as that may sound
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Friends just know
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Friends don’t play the one-up game (for real, anyway)
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Friends love
December 31, 2008 at 7:14 am
Friends like that are so worth hanging on to!
December 31, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Thank you, hon. I know at least one of those pertain to me…and I feel the same.
🙂