Monday,
October 26, 2015
The value of Friendship
Author Richard Exley said “A true friend is
one who hear and understands when you share your deepest feelings. He supports
you when you share your deepest feelings. He supports you when you are struggling;
he corrects you , gently and with love, when you err; and he forgives you when
you fail. A true friend prods you to personal growth, stretches you to your
full potential. And most amazing of all, he celebrates your success as if they
were his own”.
You cannot sustain a deep friendship with everyone,
noir should try. But you could cultivate genuine, deep friendship with people. And
you can be a friendly, kind supportive person to everyone you meet. You can
treat every person as an individual, not simply a business “contact” if you put
others first as people and then worry about business second, you’re on your way
to practicing the Friendship Principle.
No matter what kind of business or industry
you’re in, the friendship Principle can help you It doesn’t matter if you’re
the salesman or customer, a boss or an employee, an executive or stay-at-home-mom.
Whatever work you do, people will be more inclined to do it with you when you
treat them like friends.
One person who had incredible insight about relationships
was King Solomon of ancient Israel .
During his lifetime, he wrote many wise things about friendship. He wrote. “Friends
come and friends go, but a true friend sticks by you like family” when you
develop a deep friendship with someone value it, because real friends are rare.
A true friend……
v Is someone who sees you at your worst but never
forgets you best.
v Is some who thins you’re a little bit more wonderful
than you truly are.
v Is someone you can talk to for hours or be
with in complete silence?
v Is as happy for your cusecs as you are.
v Trusts you enough to say what he really means
when talking to you.
v Doesn’t try to know more, acts smarter, or be
your constant teacher.
In short, a real friend is a friend all the
time. Value the real friends you have they are precious. More important, try to
become a real friend to others. There are few gifts grater. Courtesy wisdom
Quote from the
True charm and power of Vedanta
The two
Friends
They were close friends; Gadi and Chino.
But never were two persons so unlike;
Gadai, teenaged , a Brahmin, a school drop out, carefree in his out look on
life; Chinoo, middle aged, a shudra, owner of a grocery shop . very sedate,
deeply religious. The story of Krishna and his many pranks absorbed him. No other
religious character appleased to him so much.
Chino alias Srinivas, lived in the same
village as Gadi, but in a different neighborhood. Gadi , that is Gadahar (later
Ramakrishna) was also religious, but he loved not only Krishna , but every form
of God Whenever they met,-they met often-they argued about religious matters. Chino
had some fixed notion and tended to be dogmatic . Gadai loved to prove how
hollow his notions were and made fun of his dogmatism. Chinoo, having read the
Bhagavata well. Knew the essence of the Hindu tradition quotations, from the
Bhagavata, but Gadai always seemed to be an edge over him . Sometimes the arguments
continued for days together. Somehow or other Chinoo always found himself on
the defensive , for Gadi, speaking form the common-sense point of view, made
his stand look so vulnerable. !Chinoo relied on his scholarship but Gadai’s
weapon was his innate skill or argument, his sense of humour , and his quick
repartees which often left Chinoo totally defenseless. He began to recognize
the presence of some special power in Gadai, which enable him to separate the
corn from the chaff. If ever Gadi found himself in a spot, he silenced Chinoo
by climbing his shoulders. The argument stopped for the day, but only to be
resumed at the earliest opportunity.
This continued for how long no one knows for certain.
It must have continued a long time judging from how Chinoo changed. Where they
met they argued as usual, but Chinoo began to feel the was losing ground to
Godai, Gadi spoke from wisdom the source of which Chinoo kniew nothing about. the
source was not books it was something else. He spoke with authority which
Chinoo could not deny. He might still argue but his argument had lost its
force. He realized Gadi drew his inspiration form somewhere beyond his reach.
he had previously felt unhappy if he could not cope with Gadi’s arguments, now
he felt elated. Whatever he said must be right. It easy not an argument. It was
a message.
At last, the final surrender came. Chinnoo
had become feeble and he knew his end was not far off. One day he invited Gadi
to a thicket in the village. Few people even visited that place. He garlanded
Gadi and then worshipped him in the formal way. Finally he frapped on his knees
and with folded hands said. ‘Lord , I know who you are. You are the savior who
comes again and again to show mankind the way . you are a boy , not many people
know yet who you are and what you are in this world for. The time will come when
people from all corners will rush to you for your blessings. I won’t live to
see that. But Lord, Please remember I was the first who recognized you. And please
bless me’
For once his friend did not contradict him. He
also remembers him and often talked about him in later years. Courtesy Vedanta in Practice
But, if He
exists?
I drive joy
There was a doctor in Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and evening
for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed at him.
One day they argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on something,
which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well, if God does
not exist, I agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am
afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten minutes
rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joy that I
derive 4m.
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