{"id":1858,"date":"2011-06-29T04:49:39","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T11:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theeduca.mywhc.ca\/?p=823"},"modified":"2011-06-29T04:49:39","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T11:49:39","slug":"friendship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/friendship\/","title":{"rendered":"Friendship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sometimes something crosses you desk and impacts you in such a way that you feel the need to share it.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Today is one of those days and the paper is one that was sent to my wife and subsequently shared with me. <\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

To all of us who are uniquely connected by Freemasonry this paper needs no explanation!!!!.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

FRIENDSHIP<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Once I sat and thought of what a Friend is to me?
\nand I came to a conclusion which I would like to share with you all.<\/p>\n

Is it by chance that we have met?
\nBy choice that we have become friends?
\nFriendship is a strange thing!!!!!<\/p>\n

We find ourselves telling each other the deepest details of our lives, things we don’t even share with the families who raised us!!<\/p>\n

But what is Friend??
\nA Confidant?
\nA Fellow?
\nA Companion?
\nA fellow email junkie?
\nA shoulder to cry on? An ear to listen?
\nA heart to feel?<\/p>\n

A Friend is all of these things and more.
\nNo matter where or how we have met,
\nI call you FRIEND.<\/p>\n

A word so small,
\nYet so large in feeling.<\/p>\n

A word filled with emotion.<\/p>\n

It is true that great things come in small packages, and it is also true that once the package of Friendship has been opened it can never be closed.<\/p>\n

It is a constant book always being written and waiting to be enjoyed.<\/p>\n

We may have disagreements,\u00a0 we may argue\u00a0 and we may concern one another.
\nFriendship is a unique bond that last through it all<\/p>\n

A part of me is put in to my friends:
\nSome is my humour ;
\nto some it is my listening ear;
\nto some it\u00a0 is the real life experiences,
\nbut with all it is the friendship.<\/p>\n

Friendships forged are a construct stronger than steel built into a foundation.
\nNecessary for Life and Necessary for Love.<\/p>\n

Friends, You and Me\u00a0 ; you brought another friend and\u00a0 then we were three.
\nWe started a group. A Circle of Friends and like a circle there is no beginning & there is no end.<\/p>\n

There is no friend like the Old Friend who has shared our morning days.
\nNo greeting like his welcome.
\nNo homage like his praise.<\/p>\n

Fame is like the scentless Sunflower, with a gaudy crown of Gold
\nBut Friendship is the breathing Rose with sweets in every fold.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

TO ALL MY FRIENDS EVERYWHERE THANK YOU<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Norm<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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