Here’s to Friends

Dina, Marsha, Carol

Having spent the day with long-time, dear friends at an art show one of them is hosting, my heart is too full to write just a little bit. So I’ll let Donna Ashworth express some of my feelings.

HERE’S TO THE FRIENDS

“Here’s to the friends, 

who give us grace to cancel the plans we made, when we were a different version of ourselves.

Here’s to the friends, 

who never say ‘I told you so’ but instead, sit down and get comfortable, to hear the entire story they predicted already.

Here’s to the friends,

who send little videos of the things they know bring basic joy to your day.

Here’s to the friends,

who have our secrets in their pocket, and keep them safely guarded.

Here’s to the friends,

who show up for the happy, and the sad. 

And see the importance in both.

Here’s to the friends, 

we just could not be without, on this rollercoaster ride.

Here’s to the friends, 

who bring in light, when light is scarce.

Here’s to you, 

and here’s to them,

we’re blessed indeed,

to have that friend.”

Donna Ashworth

From ‘Life’

“Love never loses sight of loveliness. Its halo rests upon its object. One marvels that a friend can ever seem less than beautiful.” 

Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 248:3-5

“How long is an instant? As long as it takes to re-establish perfect sanity, perfect peace and perfect love for everyone, for God and for yourself. As long as it takes to remember immortality, and your immortal creations who share it with you.” 

A Course in Miracles T-15.I.14:1-3