Friendships are among the most complex but meaningful relationships in our lives.
Connecting to Love: Day 17 ~ Friendship Love
We may say that Friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between two or more people.
Andrew Sullivan writes "For me, friendship has always been the most accessible of relationships - certainly far more so than romantic love. Friendship, I learned, provided a buffer in the interplay of emotions, a distance that made the risk of intimacy bearable, a space that allowed the other person to remain safely another person."
Aristotle wrote, "The excellent person is related to his friend in the same way as he is related to himself, since, a friend is another self; and therefore, just as his own being is choiceworthy for him, the friend's being is choice-worthy for him in the same or a similar way."
Friendship, for Aristotle, seems to be the cornerstone of human society and flourishing, an integral part of happiness, and bound up inextricably with the notion of virtue.
St. Augustine described friendship as “sweet beyond the sweetness of life.”
Friendship love is often the longest lasting type of love in many people’s lives. For lots of people friendship love has been the most reliable kind of love in their lives.
A true friend basically can be a person as close and important to you as a dearly beloved sister, or brother, or other close family member.
In fact friendship love is as important and sometimes even more important than family love in the lives of many. It is often friendship love that prevails when all other loves have been found wanting.
Friendship love for many people is the only love that sustains and protects them through disasters and the bleak times of desolation. As with any relationship, friendships bring support and joy.
Friendship love is also either a combination of intimacy and commitment.
DAILY QUOTE:
ACTION:
Consider the role of friendship in your life: Have you given true friendship and friendship love enough thought?
Think of a friend you get together with from time to time, which usually happens after a long email or text exchange during which you just can’t find a time that works for both of you - call this old friend
Be the Friend You Would Like to Have.
Be sincere, compassionate, and honest.
Reach out when someone needs you even if she isn't able to ask or tell you what she needs.Write in a daily journal what you want tell a friend and them how much you appreciate their friendship.
Connecting to Love: Day 17 ~ Friendship Love
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Many people consider friends to be as close or even closer than extended (or immediate) family. Friends are chosen by an individual, at times, these people may be more special or important than the family a person was born with. In addition, some people who have supportive families also have an extensive network of friends who they consider to be a second family or as additions to their blood or legal relatives.We may say that Friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between two or more people.
Andrew Sullivan writes "For me, friendship has always been the most accessible of relationships - certainly far more so than romantic love. Friendship, I learned, provided a buffer in the interplay of emotions, a distance that made the risk of intimacy bearable, a space that allowed the other person to remain safely another person."
Aristotle wrote, "The excellent person is related to his friend in the same way as he is related to himself, since, a friend is another self; and therefore, just as his own being is choiceworthy for him, the friend's being is choice-worthy for him in the same or a similar way."
Friendship, for Aristotle, seems to be the cornerstone of human society and flourishing, an integral part of happiness, and bound up inextricably with the notion of virtue.
St. Augustine described friendship as “sweet beyond the sweetness of life.”
Friendship love is often the longest lasting type of love in many people’s lives. For lots of people friendship love has been the most reliable kind of love in their lives.
A true friend basically can be a person as close and important to you as a dearly beloved sister, or brother, or other close family member.
In fact friendship love is as important and sometimes even more important than family love in the lives of many. It is often friendship love that prevails when all other loves have been found wanting.
Friendship love for many people is the only love that sustains and protects them through disasters and the bleak times of desolation. As with any relationship, friendships bring support and joy.
Friendship love is also either a combination of intimacy and commitment.
DAILY QUOTE:
"Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is".
~ Jim Morrison
ACTION:
Consider the role of friendship in your life: Have you given true friendship and friendship love enough thought?
Think of a friend you get together with from time to time, which usually happens after a long email or text exchange during which you just can’t find a time that works for both of you - call this old friend
Be the Friend You Would Like to Have.
Be sincere, compassionate, and honest.
Reach out when someone needs you even if she isn't able to ask or tell you what she needs.Write in a daily journal what you want tell a friend and them how much you appreciate their friendship.
Write the affirmation "I'm Grateful for My Friends"
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