Monday, 24 October 2011

Friendship

I know that this week is going to be a bit manic and my creative blog juices just aren't flowing!  I am surrounded by paints, paper, spiders,bats and all things Halloween ready for a small 'do' on Friday (decided 'eyeballs' on toast is not a good idea!) and workshops on Sunday.  I do know that I want to write a piece on friends, old and new, soon so I would like to share this poem with you. For me, it probably sums up the best type of friend, especially when you have one of those 'verbal diarrhoea' days - not that I ever do of course! Enjoy.



                                            Friends
            Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe
            With a person; having neither to weigh thoughts nor
            Measure words but to pour them out, just as it is
            Chaff and grain together, knowing that a faithful hand
            Will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping
            And then, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away.
                                         George Elliot

                                  Time to have a ponder ...

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