AOM Meditations: 110220

The Archer (1939) by Sam Tata

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On Friendship

by Kahlil Gibran

"Your friend is your needs answered.

He is your field which you sow with love 

and reap with thanksgiving.

And he is your board and your fireside.

For you come to him with your hunger, 

and you seek him for peace.

When your friend speaks his mind 

you fear not the "nay" in your own mind, 

nor do you withhold the "ay."

And when he is silent 

your heart ceases not to listen to his heart;

For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, 

all desires, all expectations are born and shared, 

with joy that is unacclaimed.

When you part from your friend, you grieve not;

For that which you love most in him 

may be clearer in his absence, 

as the mountain to the climber 

is clearer from the plain.

And let there be no purpose in friendship 

save the deepening of the spirit.

For love that seeks aught 

but the disclosure of its own mystery 

is not love but a net cast forth: 

and only the unprofitable is caught.

  

And let your best be for your friend.

If he must know the ebb of your tide, 

let him know its flood also.

For what is your friend 

that you should seek him with hours to kill?

Seek him always with hours to live.

For it is his to fill your need, 

but not your emptiness.

And in the sweetness of friendship 

let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.

For in the dew of little things 

the heart finds its morning and is refreshed."

 

AOM Meditations: "On Friendship" by Kahlil Gibran

On Friendship

 Kahlil Gibran

Your friend is your needs answered.

He is your field which you sow with love 

and reap with thanksgiving.

And he is your board and your fireside.

For you come to him with your hunger, 

and you seek him for peace.

When your friend speaks his mind 

you fear not the "nay" in your own mind, 

nor do you withhold the "ay."

And when he is silent 

your heart ceases not to listen to his heart;

For without words, in friendship, 

all thoughts, all desires, all expectations 

are born and shared, 

with joy that is unacclaimed.

When you part from your friend, 

you grieve not;

For that which you love most in him 

may be clearer in his absence, 

as the mountain to the climber 

is clearer from the plain.

And let there be no purpose in friendship 

save the deepening of the spirit.

For love that seeks aught 

but the disclosure of its own mystery 

is not love but a net cast forth: 

and only the unprofitable is caught.

And let your best be for your friend.

If he must know the ebb of your tide, 

let him know its flood also.

For what is your friend 

that you should seek him with hours to kill?

Seek him always with hours to live.

For it is his to fill your need, 

but not your emptiness.

And in the sweetness of friendship 

let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.

For in the dew of little things 

the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

Meditations: Friendship

artwork by James R. Eads

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“Let us be grateful 

to the people who make us happy; 

they are the charming gardeners 

who make our souls blossom.” 

~Marcel Proust

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“Friendship is unnecessary, 

like philosophy, like art.... 

It has no survival value; 

rather it is one of those things 

which give value to survival.” 

~C.S. Lewis

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“The glory of friendship 

is not the outstretched hand, 

not the kindly smile, 

nor the joy of companionship; 

it is the spiritual inspiration 

that comes to one when you discover 

that someone else believes in you 

and is willing to trust you with a friendship.” 

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“When I say it's you I like, I'm talking about that part of you that knows that life is far more than anything you can ever see or hear or touch. That deep part of you that allows you to stand for those things without which humankind cannot survive. Love that conquers hate, peace that rises triumphant over war, and justice that proves more powerful than greed.” 

~Fred Rogers

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French photographer Théo Gosselin

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“I may not always be with you

But when we're far apart

Remember you will be with me

Right inside my heart”

~Marc Wambolt

(Poems from the Heart)

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“The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, 

not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; 

it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one 

when you discover that someone else believes in you 

and is willing to trust you with a friendship.”

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“You are my best friend as well as my lover, 

and I do not know 

which side of you I enjoy the most. 

I treasure each side, 

just as I have treasured our life together.”

~Nicholas Sparks

(The Notebook)

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"A friend is someone you can be alone with 

and have nothing to do 

and not be able to think of anything to say

and be comfortable in the silence."

~Sheryl Condie