Friendship is a blessing, and
a friend is the channel through whom great emotional, spiritual, and sometimes
even physical blessings flow. Friends can cheer us when we're sorrowful or
depressed. Friends can challenge us when we allow ourselves to get beyond our
reasonable boundaries. Friends can motivate us when we're ready to give in, and
they can provide for us when life falls apart. They are there when all is well,
and we want someone with whom to share life's pleasant and memorable moments.
We often just want them around to have a good time, to laugh, to act silly; to
enjoy some mutually liked activity. In how many ways have friends enriched our
lives and made us feel loved, accepted, respected and cared for? probably, too
many to list, and the list grows daily.
A lot of people go through life with only a
few friends. It seems that some have less than that. They have no one on whom
they can call in good times or bad. There is no one with whom to bounce ideas
around, or to talk about deep and troubling subjects. They have no one to call
in times of need or difficulty. They are at the mercy of life, standing alone.
There ought to be a course in
school on friendship. Of course, some people are perfectly happy to operate
with fewer friends. They might rather have a few deep and loyal friends, than
many superficial ones. Others thrive best when friends are everywhere and
numerous. It is not so much the number of friends that is important as is the possession
of friends, period.
It is safe to say that when God created the
world and all the majestic things in it, when he streaked the heavens with
radiant color and the earth with grand mountains and awe-inspiring canyons,
when he painted the plains with waving grasses and erected noble forests of
towering trees, he outdid it all by creating friends. Why not take a moment or
two and thank someone today for being a friend to you¿ May God bless you with all the friends you
need, and may he turn you into a blessing by using you as a friend to
others. Anil Pokhrel
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