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“๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ”
Thereโs a tenderness comes stealingOโer this heart of mine todayAnd a warm and happy feelingThat can never fade away;Just a feeling that is growingEvery day each long year through โItโs the joy that comes through knowingThat I have a friend like you.
Round my heart are memories clingingOf the golden days of old.And they set my soul a-singingWith a happiness untold.Yes, our pulsing heart throbs, treasuredThrough the years of friendship trueMake me prize the love unmeasuredOf a good old friend like you.
Every passing day I wish youAll the joy your heart will hold;May success be always with youAs the coming years unfold.That the fast-approaching morrowsMay see all your dreams come trueAnd contain but minor sorrows,In my wish, dear friend, for you.
May our friendship grow and strengthenIn the misty years to come,So that when lifeโs shadows lengthenAnd our mortal race is run,We may still be friends united โStill be comrades staunch and true;That our ways may eโer be lighted,Yours by me and mine by you.

Friendship
And that’s the end of our first full month (already!), back home in the Netherlands.
One thing that has struck me is the importance of ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ.
We have spent a large chunk of our first month making lots of new friends and reacquainting ourselves with many old ones too.
As we have visited together, we have laughed, cried, talked, sung, enjoyed meals, walked, played games, hugged, encouraged, helped and above all really listened to one another’s stories and experiences.
It has been a real joy to be with such wonderful friends.
My experience is that all of our interactions together are made more enjoyable and productive when they are accompanied by genuine feelings of friendship.
I remember years ago the counsel from Ralph Waldo Emerson who said โ๐๐ก๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง๐.โ
To be a good friend, show genuine interest in others, smile, care about them, be kind, be grateful and show respect. Above all…
– ๐๐ Real
– ๐๐ You
– ๐๐ your authentic self!
Being who you are is key!
What kind of friend are you?