ImaginEndless: Fwd: A poem I found

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

This is amazing.

Sent from my smartphone

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From: "Diane Parker" <thescriptdodger@gmail.com>
Date: 22 Jan 2012 12:24
Subject: A poem I found
To: "Arj" <arj.name@googlemail.com>

Portrait of a Friend

I can't give solutions to all of life's problems, doubts, or fears.

But I can listen to you, and together we will search for answers.

I can't change your past with all it's heartache and pain, nor the future with its untold stories.

But I can be there now when you need me to care.

I can't keep your feet from stumbling.

I can only offer my hand that you may grasp it and not fall.

Your joys, triumphs, successes, and happiness are not mine;

Yet I can share in your laughter.

Your decisions in life are not mine to make, nor to judge;

I can only support you, encourage you, and help you when you ask.

I can't prevent you from falling away from friendship, from your values, from me.

I can only pray for you, talk to you and wait for you.

I can't give you boundaries which I have determined for you,

But I can give you the room to change, room to grow, room to be yourself.

I can't keep your heart from breaking and hurting,

But I can cry with you and help you pick up the pieces and put them back in place.

I can't tell you who you are.

I can only love you and be your friend.

~ Author Unknown

;-) X
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"You must bear a chaos inside you to give birth to a dancing star." ~ Nietzsche

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