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Thank-You For Being My Friend When things are confused I discuss them with you Until they make sense. When something good happens You are the first person I tell So I can share my happiness. When I don’t know what to do in a situation I ask your opinion And weigh it heavily with mine. When I am lonely I call you, Because I never feel alone with you. When I have a problem I ask for your help, Because your wiseness helps me to solve it. When I want to have fun I want to be with you, Because we have such a great time together. When I want to talk to someone I always talk to you, Because you understand me. When I want the truth about something I call you--because you are so honest. It is essential to have you in my life, Thank-you for being my friend. ~Susan Polis Schutz |
Please, Just Listen When I
ask you to listen to me, and you start giving advice, you have not done what I
asked. When I ask
you to listen to me, and you begin to tell me why I shouldn’t feel that way,
you are trampling on my feelings. When I
ask you to listen to me and you feel you have to do something to solve my
problem, you have failed me, strange as that may seem. Listen!
All asked was that you listen, not talk or do....just hear. Advice is
cheap: Twenty cents will get you both Dear Abby and Billy Graham in the same
newspaper. And I can
do for myself. I’m not helpless. Maybe discouraged and faltering, but not
helpless. When you
do something for me that I can and need to do for myself, you contribute to my
fear and inadequacy. But when
you accept, as a simple fact, that I do feel, no matter how irrational, then I
can quit trying to convince you and get about the business of understanding
what’s behind this irrational feeling. And when
that’s clear, the answers are obvious and I don’t need advice. Irrational feelings make sense when we
understand what’s behind them. So please
listen and just hear me. And if you
want to talk, wait a minute for your turn, and I’ll listen to you. |
Letter From A Friend I am
writing to say how much I care for you and to say how much I want you to know
me better. When you
awoke this morning I exploded a brilliant sunrise through your window hoping to
get your attention, but you rushed off without even knowing. Later, I
noticed you were walking with some friends, so I bathed you in warm sunshine
and perfumed the air with nature’s sweet scent, and still you did not notice me. As you
passed by, I shouted to you in a thunderstorm and painted a beautiful rainbow
in the sky, and you didn’t even look. In the
evening, I spilled moonlight onto your face and sent a cool breeze to rest
you. As you slept I watched over you
and shared your thoughts, but you were unaware that I was so near. I have
chosen you and hope you will talk to me soon.
Until then I will remain near. I
am your friend and love you very much. |