Friendship is the coming in of love, when everything else has gone.
It is a battle between a sword and a cross one seeking to hurt, the other to heal.
It is the determination to believe the best when the worst has been rumored.
It is the hailing of success without envy that may come to one we love.
It is forgiving a hurt without demanding an apology, and the keeping of affection in spite of misunderstanding.
It is asking for a privilege to serve without counting cost or demanding a reward.
It is closing the eye to ugliness, the ears to discord, and opening the inner eye and ear of the heart, which understands rather than sees or hears.
It is to ask “what can I give” rather than “what shall I receive” …
Rubi J.
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