SOME FRIENDS STAY FOREVER NEAR OUR HEARTS

As we walk our path of life, we meet people everday. Most are simply met by chance, but some are sent our way. These become the special friends whose bond we can't explain, the ones who understand us and share our joy and pain. Their love contains no boundaries, so even when apart, their presence still embraces us with a warmth felt in the heart. This love becomes a passageway where even miles disappear.



Through a keyboard we share Our ups and downs. I have opened my inner self to you, And you have to me as well. We have traded secrets and laughs, As well as sorrows and pain. I have never met you, but feel as if I have known you most of my life. To most this might sound silly, But I assure them, it is not. Even though we have never met, I feel a bond that should have taken years to build, Yet was built in a month or two. A bond that lifelong friends should do. A bond that i am glad to share with you. My Friend and Confidant.
poem by Steven Lowdermilk


Friendship F is for the funny things you say that make me smile. R is for the radiant way you light up my life. I is for the intelligence that you have shown you possess. E is for the excellence you strive for each and every day. N is for the nice things you say and do. D is for the daring things that you say once in awhile. S is for the way you selfishlessly give of yourself. H is for your helping way I know I can count on. I is for the interesting things you share with me. P is for the passion you have for life.
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~LOVE~ Love freely, love deeply, love purely. Love yourself the way you've always wanted to be loved, and love others the same way. Love well, love often. Find it in your heart to love those who have never shown you love --they need it most of all. Give so much love that you're certain to get some back. Love all that the earth has to offer-- people, birds, stones, insects, trees, mice and oceans. Love something--anything--with a passion! Love something larger than yourself. Call it God, Call it Nature, Call it Divine, Call it the Source Call it Love.
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Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend. A real friend is someone who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. Forgiveness is the glue that repairs broken relationships. Nature has given to men one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak. True friends are like diamonds, precious and rare. A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words. A friend is one who believes in you when you have ceased to believe in yourself. It takes a long time to grow an old friend.
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Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. To handle yourself, use your head; To handle others, use your heart. Anger is only one letter short of danger. If someone betrays you once, it's his fault; if he betrays you twice,it's your fault. Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people. God gives every bird it's food, But He does not throw it into it's nest. He who loses money, loses much; He who loses a friend, loses more; He who loses faith, loses all. Beautiful young people are acts of nature, But beautiful old people are works of art. Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself. The tongue weighs practically nothing. But so few people can hold it.

Friends, you and me.... you brought another friend... and then there were 3... we started our group... Our circle of friends... and like that circle... there is no beginning or end..
I consider you my friends Although we've never met You've managed to touch my heart Through this thing called 'The Net' You've been there for me When I've needed someone How can I ever thank you For all that you've done When I've needed a shoulder A prayer, a hug or an ear You have been there for me Like we've been friends for years I don't quite understand it Us meeting as cyber-friends But I feel God had a hand in it In order for me to mend I prefer not to use it This term 'cyber-friend' I'll leave off the 'cyber' And just call you friend I feel I must thank you For showering me with love My angels right here on earth Sent from Heaven above
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~The Gift of Friendship~

Once the package of friendship has been opened, 
it can never be closed.
It is a constant book always written...
waiting to be read...and enjoyed. 
We may have our disagreements...
we may argue...we may concern one another... 
friendship is a unique bond that lasts through it all.... 
A part of me is put into my friends...
some it is my humor...some it is my listening ear...
some it is real life experiences...
some it is my romanticism...but with all, it is friendship. 
Friendships forged are a construct stronger than steel built as a foundation....
necessary for life...and necessary for love. 
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Obituary:Someone Else

We are saddened to learn of the death of one of our valuable members,Someone Else. Someone's passing created a vacancy it will be difficult to fill. For many years, Someone Else did far more than a normal person's work.
Whenever they needed a chairperson, people looked to this wonder- ful person for inspiration as well as results: "Someone Else can work on that committee." Whenever there was a job to do or a meeting to attend, one name was on everbody's list:"Let Someone Else do it."
It was common knowledge that someone Else was among our hardest working members. Whenever there was a need,everyone just assumed that Someone Else would do it. Someone Else was a wonderful person- often appearing superhuman- but a person can only do so much.
Were the truth to be known, everybody expected too much of Someone Else. Now, Someone Else is gone. We wonder what we are going to do. Someone Else left a wonderful legacy to follow, but who is going to follow it?? We can't depend on Someone Else anymore.
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In a friendship We're free to expose, Parts of ourselves Nobody else knows. But the thing that sustains it And sets it apart, Is not something spoken It's a bond of the heart. True friends are rare In a lifetime two or three, I'm so glad it happened Between you and me!



"You don`t have to be religious": God doesn`t want religion, all he wants is to love you as you are and where you are. To take you and show you what life is and then be with you. He didn`t create man and woman just to have us drift all out lives? No! We are created in his image and we are to grow as we travel through life and see that our home is HEAVEN, we are just passing through here!!
written by an amazing person who wishes to remain anonymous


THANK YOU FOR BEING MY FRIEND


A SPECIAL DEDICATION

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