True Friends Always Remain in Each Other's Heart

A Friend is someone who listens without judging you right or wrong, good or bad,

and gently helps you define your thoughts to regain perspective.

When you're feeling bad about yourself,

a friend is there to remind you of all those positive

qualities you may have forgotten.

When you share with a friend, decision-making becomes

easier and problems seem less critical.

A friend gives you the priceless gift of time: time to

share, to try out new ideas and rethink old ones. No

matter how often you're together, you discover

dimensions of yourself through the bonds and the mirror

of friendship.

A friend loves you for who you are, not what you do.

Feeling so accepted, you are able to set higher goals, try

harder, and achieve more.

Through close friendship, you learn the

fine art of giving. You expand, become

more selfless, feel more deeply, and help

more effectively. Seeing the happiness

you bring to another person gives you a

greater sense of well-being and increases your

capacity to love.

Wherever you go in life, whatever stage

or place you reach, a friend who has

entered your soul is always with you,

gently guiding, faithfully following, and

ever walking beside you.

- Sandra Sturtz Hauss

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