The Gift of Friendship

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I came across this beautiful poem on Friendship.? I would like to dedicate it to my friend Cristiane.? ?A friend who has reminded me that in life, we tend to overlook and take for granted many wonderful things that we have or happen around us. We may focus our attention and energy on the small black dot such as failures and disappointments.? She encouraged me to focus on the large white portion of the paper not the small black dot.?? ?Look at the whole picture and all of its qualities.?

?To the soul, there is hardly anything more healing than friendship?. (Thomas Moore)

?Fabric of Friendship? by Richard Moore
In the ever unfolding gift of friendship,
I send out intentions without any strings to attach,
Desiring only to share freely with you that fabric,
With which my essential nature has been strung,
For connecting eternal relationships with other souls.

By sharing these threads of my friendship,
I hope you will appreciate the various ways I have been woven.
Hopefully not rejecting the bared exposure of my soul,
As one notices my torn and frayed human portions,
Those threadbare imperfections, are merely mortal distortions.

So may the hand of friendship thread any loose ends,
Tying to strengthen, touching hearts we make amends.
Through such bonds, were all restored and made whole,
So our fragile friendships, hearten both body and soul.

Reaching out to others, reconnects our friendly reunion,
Interweaving and intertwining, in uncommon communion.
May we all lovingly extend our hands in further mending
All of our relationships, are truly friendships never ending.

Visit Richard Moore at
http://healingliterature.com/

Today our gratitude goes out to our special friends!

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Source: http://thewforum.com/2012/09/the-gift-of-friendship/

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