"If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you."--- Winnie the Pooh
"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost." --- Charles Caleb Colton
"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."
"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend."--- Albert Camus.
"Strangers are just friends waiting to happen."
"Friendship is one mind in two bodies." --- Mencius
"Friends are God's way of taking care of us."
"If you should die before me, ask if you could bring a friend." ---Stone Temple Pilots
"I'll lean on you and you lean on me and we'll be okay." Dave Matthews Band
"If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them, I'd be at the bottom to catch them"
"Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say."
"We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a little of each other everywhere" --- Tim McGraw
"My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life." ---Lee Iacocca
"Hold a true friend with both your hands." ---Nigerian Proverb
"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."--- unknown
We don't always have to be strong
Sometimes our strength is expressed
in being vulnerable. Sometimes we need to
fall apart to regroup and stay on track
We all have days when we cannot push any harder,
cannot hold back self-doubt, cannot stop
focusing on fear, cannot be strong.
There are days when we cannot focus on
being responsible.
Occasionally we don't want to get out
of our pajamas.
Sometimes we cry in front of people
We expose our tiredness, irritability,
or anger.
Those days are okay
They are just okay.
Part of taking care of ourselves
means we give ourselves
permission to "fall apart" when we
need to.
We do not need to be perpetual towers
of strength.
We ARE strong.
We have proven that.
Our strength will continue
if we allow ourselves the courage
to feel scared, weak, and vulnerable
when we need
to experience those feelings.
Today, I can know that it is okay to
allow myself to be human.
To not feel guilty or punish myself
when I need to "fall apart".
Author Unknown
