Portrait of a Friend

I can't give solutions to all of
life's problems, doubts, or fears.
But I can listen to you, and together
we will search for answer.

I can't change your past with
all its heartache and pain,
or the future with its untold stories.
But I can be there now
when you need me to care.

I can't keep your feet from stumbling.
I can only offer my hand that
you may grasp it and not fall.

Your joys, triumphs, successes,
and happiness are not mine.
Yet, I can share in your laughter.

Your decisions in life are not
mine to make, nor to judge.
I can only support you, encourage you,
and help you when you ask.

I can't prevent you from falling away
from friendship, from your values, from me.
I can only pray for you,
talk to you and wait for you.

I can't give you boundaries, which
I have determined for you.
But I can give you the room to change,
room to grow, room to be yourself.

I can't keep your heart from breaking or hurting.
But I can cry with you and help you
pick up the pieces and put them back in place.

I can't tell you who you are.
I can only love you and be your friend.
- Unknown

A Friend

Whoever we are,
Whatever we be,
We're friends
'cause I'm me
We're friends
'cause she's she.
Or because he is he-
Whatever,
whatever
the case may be.
A friend
is a friend
is a friend!
- Beatrice Schenk de Regniers

Treat your friends as you do your pictures,
and place them in their best light.
- Jennie Jerome Churchill

A true friend is someone who
thinks that you are a good
egg even though he knows that
you are slightly cracked.
- Bernard Meltzer

A friend is someone who
sings your heart's song
back to you when you have
forgotten the words.
- David Coppola, Ph.D.

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