Count you by smile, not tears
Count your age by friends, not years!
Thank you for our friendship
For it means so much to me,
Your kindness and understanding
And loving ways you share so free.
Thank you for being beside me
When I needed someone that cared,
And thank you for all your loyalty
For the times together we shared.
Thank you for our friendship
For it's something even money can't buy,
Thank you for holding me tightly
When there was a need I had to cry.
Thank you for always smiling
When I couldn't smile at all,
And thank you for boosting my ego
For the times I felt so small.
Your friendship I cherish so deeply
So this message to you I send,
May God bless and always watch over you
And may you always remain my friend.
Thank you for our friendshipFor it means so much to me,
Your kindness and understanding
And loving ways you share so free.
Thank you for being beside me
When I needed someone that cared,
And thank you for all your loyalty
For the times together we shared.
Thank you for our friendship
For it's something even money can't buy,
Thank you for holding me tightly
When there was a need I had to cry.
Thank you for always smiling
When I couldn't smile at all,
And thank you for boosting my ego
For the times I felt so small.
Your friendship I cherish so deeply
So this message to you I send,
May God bless and always watch over you
And may you always remain my friend.
Let's think about friendship... What does
it mean for you?
Do you have any childhood friendships
that are still strong today? Tell us about them.
Do you have any long
distance friends?
How do you maintain a good friendship?
How do you make new friends? What are friends for?
Um comentário:
Oí, Cleverson.
I didn't comment on "Thanks for being my friend" when I visited your blog on October 8th, so I thought I'd do so now.
The poem about friendship has a lot to say. Did you write it?
I'll try to give brief answers to your questions about friendship:
What does friendship mean to you?
To me, friendship means many things because we have many types of friends. Some of our friends are "occasional": we see them and interact with them only in specific locations or contexts: school, church, work, family gatherings, etc. Others are "general" but also "limited": we have good feelings toward each other, but we don't actually know each other very well—maybe because we don't see each other often, maybe because we're now in different parts of the country or have made very different career or lifestyle choices, and so on. Still others are good friends: we feel very comfortable with each other, get together as often as we can, and share a great deal. There are also "best" friends, which are rare. They're the ones who keep in touch even when we don't reciprocate, the ones who will do anything for us, the ones who understand more about us than members of our family do, the ones who accept us 100% for who and what we are. I'm a very lucky guy, Cleverson, because I have many friends in all of these categories. I have only a few best friends, and at one time, I was depressed by this realization. Now, however, I know that to have even one best friend is a precious, precious gift.
Do you have any childhood friendships
that are still strong today?
No, unfortunately I don't. I haven't lived in my home town for about 35 years, and those friendships have faded away. I've tried several times to reconnect with a few of my best childhood friends, but I haven't been successful: our lives have changed too much and we no longer have very much in common.
Do you have any long distance friends?
Yes, and they're very dear to me. One of my most cherished long distance friends in Carla, the teacher of the WT4E course. I feel very close to her even though we've never met face to face! I have other long distance friends in other parts of the U.S. and in several other countries, among them Brasil, Argentina, Venezuela, México, Portugal, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, and Japan.
How do you maintain a good friendship?
A good friendship is like a child or a plant: it has to be nourished and tended to. Good friendships can only be maintained if both friends actively promote their relationship: when only one makes the effort, the friendship soon fades away.
How do you make new friends?
I think that to make a new friend, you have to demonstrate your interest in becoming friends by always having something to say to him or her, by keeping in touch frequently and regularly, by expressing an interest in knowing what she or he likes and dislikes, by showing that you can be a good listener as well as a good talker. I think you also have to make it clear that you like that person for what she or he is: you have to make it clear, eventually, that he or she doesn't have to flatter you or be exactly like you in all things.
What are friends for?
I think friends are our pathways outside the narrow confines of our own worlds. They give us broader perspectives. They offer (and provide!) support. They share. They enrich our purview and our lives. They add joy. They give us things to ponder. They commiserate. They add layers of meaning and perception to our own. Friends are extensions of ourselves.
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Well . . . Those are some of my thoughts on friendship. What are yours?
If you want to get back to me, please make a comment somewhere in my "Connections" blog, and if you go there, don't forget to add your photo to my Visitors Map.
I hope to see comments from you, Cleverson!
Very best regards from Arizona, U.S.A.
Dennis in Phoenix
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