A Marvelous Gift

A friend once hesitated to share with me her burden. When I asked why, she said she was afraid she's dumping her garbage on me... I told her that maybe there were some garbage there, but that's exactly one purpose of a friend.

A friend is a person who is willing to help carry the burden of another friend, willing to get soiled, willing to waste time, willing to listen to the most silly things we complain about life. When one unloads some emotional garbage, a friend helps the other to carry and sort them out.

A friend once told me, "If you have something that's hurting you inside but don't want to share it with me, I feel like a total stranger left in the cold winter outside the gate."

Sharing is a marvelous process. It makes one part of the other. Some call it being “soul mates”.  It's also called empathy. As Aristotle once said, “ Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.”   And having a real friend is a marvelous gift…

Auguri!

Please, re-share

photo: Google image | posted by john b. bejo