Hello and welcome to this, the newest section of my website! I had once dedicated this section to a friend of mine, but found that she really is not the friend I thought she was. She has hurt me deeply. In these pages you will find poetry and writings about the way friendship should be and more. Please check them out and enjoy!

 

This letter was written by
Fra Giovanni Giocondo to his friend,
Countess Allagia Aldobrandeschi
on Christmas Eve, 1513.


I am your friend and my love for you goes deep. There is nothing I can give you which you have not got, but there is much, very much, that, while I cannot give it, you can take.

No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in today.
Take heaven!

No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present little instant. Take peace!

The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within our reach is joy. There is radiance and glory in the darkness could we but see - and to see we have only to look. I beseech you to look!

Life is so generous a giver, but we, judging its gifts by the covering, cast them away as ugly, or heavy or hard. Remove the covering and you will find beneath it a living splendor, woven of love, by wisdom, with power.

Welcome it, grasp it, touch the angel's hand that brings it to you. Everything we call a trial, a sorrow, or a duty, believe me, that angel's hand is there, the gift is there, and the wonder of an overshadowing presence. Our joys, too, be not content with them as joys. They, too, conceal diviner gifts.

Life is so full of meaning and purpose, so full of beauty - beneath its covering - that you will find earth but cloaks your heaven.

Courage, then, to claim it, that is all. But courage you have, and the knowledge that we are all pilgrims together, winding through unknown country, home.

And so, at this time, I greet you. Not quite as the world sends greetings, but with profound esteem and with the prayer that for you now and forever, the day breaks, and the shadows flee away.

A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your
strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees
your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your
disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.

~William Arthur Ward~


Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place.
 
 Mark Twain



 Regardless of your past,
your future is a clean slate.

Cut not the wings of your dreams,
for they are the heartbeat and the freedom of your soul.

~Flavia~

Below is a listing of the pages in this section. I hope you enjoy them.

 

I chose to use background sets done by Moon And Back Graphics because I love what they do! They are so beautifully done! If your looking for quality graphics, go take a look at their site!

~This page was created by Designs By GoldenRose~

I have given credit where credit is due to the best of my knowledge. If you think I have not done so, please let me know so I can.

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