Friendship

We were made from love, for love, to love. That does not mean that loving is easy. We must constantly give ourselves license to love. We must remind ourselves daily to leave ourselves open to love. Giving and receiving is not enough. That is an action. To reach for the ultimate love we must be love; loving everything and everyone - art least at some level. This is hard. How can we start? We can start with friendship.

Friendship is rare, true friendship even rarer and friendships that stand the test of time rarer still. When we befriend someone, it is because of who they are. When we stay friends it is not just because of who they are but also in spite of who they are. We know the best and worst of them and choose to stay friends. That is love; knowing the good and bad of another and loving them anyway. Friendship that stands the test of time is closest to highest love because it is the closest to unconditional love. There are no obligations to stay together; instead, we remain friends solely through our love of each other. So when you think of your truest friends today … remember … love is rare, true friendship rarer still, so yours is a blessing. Think fondly on your friendship and be grateful, someone today is wishing they had a friend.
-- written by asd --