THE JOY OF FRIENDS

Beautiful flowers
Given by a special friend
What joy they brought me

Things that brought me joy today:

My beautiful flowers
A telephone conversation with a special Blip friend last night and another lovely friend today
Watching Mr. HCB enjoying his latest jigsaw puzzle

Thank you for all  your kind comments for yesterday’s Blip.  I’m pleased to say that a combination of rest, painkillers and gentle nagging by Mr. HCB seem to be doing the trick - and thank goodness for Netflix!

I found this wonderful quote which sums up, for me, what friendship is all about:

“When we honestly ask ourselves 
     which person in our lives 
          mean the most to us, 
we often find that it is those who,
     instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures,
          have chosen rather to share our pain 
and touch our wounds 
     with a warm and tender hand. 
The friend who can be silent with us 
     in a moment of despair or confusion, 
          who can stay with us 
in an hour of grief and bereavement, 
     who can tolerate not knowing, 
          not curing, not healing 
and face with us 
     the reality of our powerlessness…
          that is a friend who cares.”
Henri Nouwen : 
Out of Solitude : Three Meditations on the Christian Life