Comfort of friends...

Friends listen, friends love, friends watch, friends stay, friends are gentle, friends comfort, friends laugh, friends know, friends understand, friends smile, friends cry, friends play, friends run wild, friends help, friends believe, friends trust, friends hug, friends overlook, friends comprehend, friends feel affection for, friends hold, friends make silence, friends keep secrets, friends dream, friends.

Hopefully you don't see this as a Stuart Smalley Affirmations post. Because this is better than that, doggonit...

How can the friendship bond be so strong and involve so much? What is the magic tie between friends? We were instilled with the beautiful power of console and are able to give strength to each other. The great power in human touch begins early in life with the profound effects of a mother’s cradling her newborn child. We have yet to fully appreciate the impact of nine months of pregnancy on a child’s development, however, it is abundantly clear that the loving touch of parents helps a child develop safety and confidence, and the ability to in turn love and touch others.

We could have been created completely self-dependent, without the need for human affirmation, but then we would not be part of creating the magic of "love", that great power we generate when we synergize, and empower each other.

So, remember that every time you interact with another person: You have the unique ability to empower him or her. Every time. When you touch one person you touch a universe. And finally, to touch another is to touch God!