Friendship

Friendship is one of the greatest gifts a human being can receive. It is a bond beyond common goals, common interests, or common histories. It is a bond stronger than sexual union can create, deeper than a shared fate can solidify, and it can be even more intimate than the bonds of marriage or community. Friendship is being with the other in joy and sorrow, even when we cannot increase the joy or decrease the sorrow. It is a unity of souls that gives nobility and sincerity to love. Friendship makes all of life shine brightly. Blessed are those who lay down their lives for their friends.

– The Gift of Friendship - January 7th - Bread for the Journey (Nouwen)

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Friendship is the deep oneness that develops when two people speaking the truth in love to one another, journey Together to the same horizon.

– Timothy Keller