A - Z of Friendship

A Friend....

(A)ccepts you as you are
(B)elieves in "you"
(C)alls you just to say "HI"
(D)oesn't give up on you
(E)nvisions the whole of you (even the unfinished parts)
(F)orgives your mistakes
(G)ives unconditionally
(H)elps you
(I)nvites you over
(J)ust "be" with you
(K)eeps you close at heart
(L)oves you for who you are
(M)akes a difference in your life
(N)ever Judges
(O)ffers support
(P)icks you up
(Q)uiets your fears
(R)aises your spirits
(S)ays nice things about you
(T)ells you the truth when you need to hear it
(U)nderstands you
(V)alues you
(W)alks beside you
(X)-plains things you don't understand
(Y)ells when you won't listen and
(Z)aps you back to reality

May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back.
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
May the rain fall softly upon your fields. And the sun shine warm upon your face.
Top of the mornin' to you.....(and the rest of the day to 'me self!)
May there always be work for you to do.
May your purse always hold a coin or two.
May the sun always shine on your windowpane.
May the hand of a friend always be near you.
May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.

ALONE I can SAY but.
TOGETHER we can SHOUT.

ALONE I can SMILE but.
TOGETHER we can LAUGH.

ALONE I can enjoy but.
TOGETHER we can CELEBRATE.

THAT's THE BEAUTY OF.

FRIENDSHIP...

Love Love Love

Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast,
it is not proud.
It is not rude, it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil
but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts,
always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.

Take Time

Take time to take.....
~the small gifts so hesitatingly offered by a friend
~the proud handmade present from a child.

Take time to listen.....
~to the old man's too often told tale
~to a husband's words of love.

Take time to share......
~a moment with a lonely soul for loneliness shared becomes love.
~a sorrow with a bereaved friend, for sorrow shared becomes comfort.

Take time to touch.....
~another human which means I care for you, I trust you..
~another life for that is what life is all about.

Take time for each other..... for nothing else is that important.

Take time to live, to dance for fun, to sing for joy, to paint or sew or create a beautiful gift.

Take time to watch.....


~the snow swirling outside the windowpane,

~the flames dancing in the fireplace.

I LOVE YOU CAN BE EXPRESSED IN SO MANY WAYS...

Afrikaans
Ek is lief vir jou
Albanian
Te dua
Arabic
Ah’bika [to a man] Ah’bik [to a woman]
Aramaic
Rikhmith-akh [to a man] Rikhmith-eykh [to a woman]
Armenian
Yes qez sirum em
Assyrian
Kedamtookh brikhta
Azerbaijani
Men seni sevirem
Bamougoum
Guo me ye te
Bangladeshi
Ami tomake valobashi
Basque
Maite zaitut
Belarussian
Ya tabe kahayu
Bemba
Nalikutemwa
Bengali
Aami tomaake bhaalo baashi
Bosnia
Volim te
Bulgarian
Obicham te
Cambodian
Soro lahn nhee ah
Cantonese
Ngo oi ney
Catalan
T'estimo
Cheyenne
Ne mohotatse
Cornish
My a'th kar
Corsican
Ti tengu caru [to a man] Ti tengu cara [to a woman]
Creole
Mwen renmen w
Croatian
Ja te volim
Czech
Miluji tě
Danish
Jeg elsker dig
Dutch
Ik hou van jou
English
I love you
Esperanto
Mi amas vin
Estonian
Ma armastan sind
Ethiopian
Afgreki'
Faroese
Eg elski teg
Farsi
Tora dost daram
Filipino
Mahal kita
Finnish
Minä rakastan sinua
Flemish
Ik zie oe geerne
French
Je t'aime
Frisian
Ik hâld fan dy
Gaelic
Ta gra agam ort
Georgian
Mikvarkhar
German
Ich liebe Dich
Greek
S'agapo
Greenlandic
Asavakit
Gujarati
Hoo thunay prem karoo choo
Hausa
Ina sonki
Hawaiian
Aloha wau ia oi
Hebrew
Ani ohevet otcha [woman to a man] Ani ohev otach [man to a woman] Ani ohev otcha [man to a man] Ani ohevet otach [woman to a woman]
Hindi
Hum tumhe pyar karte hae
Hopi
Nu'umi unangwa'ta
Hungarian
Szeretlek te'ged
Icelandic
ég elska þig
Indonesian
Aku Cinta Kamu
Irish
Taim i' ngra leat
Inuit
Negligevapse
Italian
Ti amo
Japanese
Ai shiteru
Kannada
Naanu ninna preetisuuttene
Khmer
Oun Srorlanh Borng [to a man] Borng Srorlanh Oun [to a woman]
Kimeru
Ninkwendete
Konkani
Hanv Tuzo Mog Kortam
Korean
Tangsinul sarang ha yo
Kurdish
Ez te hezdikhem
Lao
Koi hak jao
Latin
Te amo
Latvian
Es tevi milu
Lebanese
Bahibak
Lithuanian
Aš tave myliu
Luo
Aheri
Luxembourgish
Ech hun dëch gaer
Macedonian
Te sakam
Malayalam
Njan ninne premikkunnu
Malaysian
Saya cintakan mu
Maltese
Inhobbok
Mandarin
Wo ai ni
Mohawk
Kanbhik
Maori
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Mapudungun
Inche poyekeyu
Marathi
Maaze tuzhyavar prem ahe
Moroccan
Kanhebek
Navaho
Ayor anosh'ni
Norwegian
Jeg elsker deg
Pashto
Za stha sara meena kawoma
Persian
Man ashegheto hastam
Pilipino
Mahal kita
Polish
Kocham Cie
Portuguese
Amo-te
Punjabi
Mai taunu pyar karda
Rapa nui
Hanga rahi au kia koe
Romanian
Te iubesc
Russian
Ya tyebya lyublyu
Samoan
Ou te alofa ia te oe
Sardinian
Ti kerio meta
Serbian
Volim te
Setswana
Ke a go rata
Sindhi
Maa tokhe pyar kendo ahyan
Sinhalese
Mama oya'ta a'darei
Sioux
Techihhila
Slovak
Milujem Ťa
Slovenian
Ljubim te
Somalian
Waan ku gealahay
Sotho
Ke a o rata
Spanish
Te amo
Swahili
Nakupenda
Swazi
Ngiyakutsandza
Swedish
Jag älskar dig
Swiss German
Ich lieb Di
Tagalog
Mahal kita
Tahitian
Ua here vau ia oe
Taiwanese
Wa ga ei li
Tamil
Naan unnai kadhalikiraen
Tetum
Hau hadomi o
Telugu
Nenu ninnu premisthunnanu
Thai
Chan rak khun [to a man] Phom rak khun [to a woman]
Tonga
Ndakuyanda
Tunisian
Ha eh bak
Turkish
Seni seviyorum
Turkmen
Men seni söýýan
Ukrainian
Ja tebe kokhaju
Urdu
May ap se pyar kerthy ho [to a man] May ap se pyar kertha ho [to a woman]
Uzbek
Men sizni sevaman
Vietnamese
Aim ew ang [to a man] Ang ew aim [to a woman]
Welsh
Rwy'n dy garu di
Xhosa
Ndiyakuthanda
Yiddish
Ikh hob dikh lib
Yoruba
Mo ni fe
Zulu
Ngiyakuthanda