Chinmaya Uvacha

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FRIENDS

 

Cultivate friends.

To have a friend is to make

life easier and richer.

A friend is a present

that you give to yourself.

But you cannot pick up a friend,

nor purchase a friend.

We cannot compel anyone

to be our friend.

We have to discover a friend.

 

Who is a friend?

He who comes to you

with love and cheer,

when all otehrs have left you,

is a true friend.

 

Such a true friend

is discovered

not by seraching outside

for the right person to befriend,

but by your growing to be

the right person to deserve a friend.

 

Learn to speak softly,

always words of love and affection,

then friends multiply.

 

In short, the ability to love and

express it in action

are the requirements in

gathering more and more friends.

In fact, 'love in action'

is the heart of all religion.

 

Friends are made by many acts,

and friends are lost often

by a single thoughtless act.

You must grow up

to deserve a friend ...

to have friends,

you must have friendliness in you:

selfless and loving,

with deep concern for others.

 

FRIENSHIP

 

Love for one's equal

is called friendship.