The value of Friendship

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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