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Friendship works
its magic on all who
dare to abandon ego,
risk vulnerability,
and walk a path of
personal growth. One
that embraces self-care,
playful interactions,
intimate sharing, and
learning and growing
in concert.
Janet Weisberg
Transformational
Friendships
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The Heartbeat of Lives Well Lived
by linda Sechrist
I
n 1986, Dionne Warwick gathered with a few of her musical friends—Elton
John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder—to record “That’s What Friends Are
For.” The Grammy Award-winning record, also named Billboard magazine’s
most popular song of 1987, featured group vocals expressing heartfelt feelings
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about the meaning of friendship. Friends, they sang, are on our side forever more,
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and can be counted on in good times and bad times, because “that’s what friends
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are for.”
to learn about out how wholeness,
Greeting card companies may fill retail shelves with beautiful cards that
manifested in the life of one individual,
express sentiments about friendships, but in reality the heart’s feelings of gratitude
manages to effect an alchemical change
and appreciation for the gift of a true friend are immeasurable and inexpressible.
in the life of another who shares the
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Although we continue trying to find the
right sort of words to describe friends
who transform our lives with the gifts of
theirs, we often fall short, because the
heart has a language of its own, some-
times better expressed through music,
poetry—and silence. Most friends
would likely agree that the greatest
rewards of fabulous friendships bubble
up from within when two people can
sit comfortably together in the spaces
between words, and in the silence
between doing and being.
Friendship works its magic on all
who dare to abandon ego, risk vulner-
ability, and walk a path of personal
growth. One that embraces self-care,
playful interactions, intimate sharing,
and learning and growing in concert.
This month, Natural Awakenings
queried two pairs of friends: David
Essel, author, motivational speaker and
life coach and Tro
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