Friends are...

Hugs,
Shanti

True Friendship

I wish u a funny new week. Drop away the tears and troubles. Live your life today, NOW.

Hugs,
Shanti

Friends are born, not made

Have a refreshing weekend,

Hugs,
Shanti

Friendship is sharing

Have a wonderful weekend,
Hugs, Shanti

About a real friendship :)

Go through your phone book, call people and ask them to drive you to the airport. The ones who will drive you are your true friends. The rest aren't bad people; they're just acquaintances. :)) (Jay Leno)

Have a special time with a special friends :)) Hugs, Shanti

Thoughts & wishes

If you were all alone in the universe with no one to talk to, no one with which to share the beauty of the stars, to laugh with, to touch, what would be your purpose in life? It is other life, it is love, which gives your life meaning. This is harmony. We must discover the joy of each other, the joy of challenge, the joy of growth.



Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. (Buddha)



"The light within me honors the light within you."



Stay in light, my friend. Hugs, Shanti

Friendship is...

"Friendship needs no words..."
(Dag Hammarskjold)

What is a friend?
A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
(Aristotle)

"The only way to have a friend is to be one."
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)
.... and I try to be a good one for you.

Have a nice new week, Shanti

A poem inspired by my video - "Eros to Psyche" by my special friend John (Australia)

Eros to Psyche

With love to Shantiliu; your beautiful video Eros and Psyche inspired me to write this poem.


Psyche my other self
I stumbled
pricked by my own arrow.
Psyche your beauty exceeds the stars
such beauty stunned me, and I fell.
Psyche.

Psyche with dawn
I must leave you
Seek me not
or my face look upon.

Psyche, you held
the lamp high.
You betrayed me.
In shocked delight at the sight
you fell and pricked your self.
Psyche you betrayed me,
as all lovers must do.
I must leave you,
Psyche.

Psyche your audacious
beauty
made Aphrodite jealous.
I was sent to bring
punishment upon you.
I stumbled and fell,
pricked by my own arrow.

Psyche you listened to them,
Now a darkness
separates us,
I love you;
The lamp you held high,
so you in frightening
solitude must go,
Psyche.

You have betrayed me,
as all lovers must do.
Look to the ants, the bees ,
the water-reeds
and find yourself, me,
in darkness,
Psyche.

Mistrust and suspicion
come between us.
I gave you myself,
only my face
I asked you not to see,
Psyche.

I did not ask for much.
You have betrayed me
as all lovers must do.
Now my nostalgic heart
must depart from you.
Look for yourself, me,
in the darkness,
Psyche.

I must leave you.
In the darkness,
look and bring back
one pot of Persephone's beauty cream.
look for your self, for me,
In the darkness,
Psyche.

Is not love a darkness,
that takes the self from the self.
you have betrayed me
as all lovers must do.
Look for yourself, me,
in the darkness that is love.
Look for yourself, me,
and you shall see me
in truth and love,
Psyche.

When all hope has gone,
look for yourself, me,
in the darkness and find me.
When you have given up on love,
life,
look into the void, and find yourself, me,
Psyche.

Love betrays us all,
or do we betray love?
your beauty is the sun
to me.
But you betrayed me,
as all loves do,
now you must seek yourself, me,
in darkness,
Psyche

You betrayed me
as lovers always do.
Is love not a darkness,
Psyche?
We surrender to love
and lose ourselves to each other.
such darkness is binding,
blinding.
We open our eyes to find self
and it is gone.
I must leave you,
Psyche.

John Najjar (18/8/09)

I am more than a friend

The hardest thing is to get over what cupid didn’t bring
His arrow missed your hear but struck mine
How I wish his arrow true did sing
And undo this undeserving crime



Now one is in love and the other is not
I wish no other to be like me
So I’ve aimed my arrow and drawn it taught
To end this life of misery


Where Cupid faltered I will succeed
An arrow of love aimed straight and true
In hope that I will soon be freed
From a life of being in love with you



There is only one way to change the way I feel
The arrow flies from my bow of love
Sent to show I am for real
It cuts the air like a flying dove


Just as the arrow is about to land
I close my eyes in fear of a miss
And when I peek through my hand
And through my fingers you plant your kiss



My love soars higher than eagle’s wings
Finally I am more than a friend
And as the clouds open and the angels sing
I lean over to kiss you again


Have a lovely week day
best for the best
with love
Shanti

The Real Friendship by Paula Scottish

If I happened to show up on your door step crying,
Would you Care?

If I called you and asked you to pick me up because something Happened,
Would you come?

If I had one day left,
to live my life;
Would you be part of That las t day?

If I needed a shoulder
to cry on,
Would you give me Yours?

This is a test to see
who your real
Friends are or if you are just someone to talk to you when they are bored

Do you know what the relationship is between your two eyes?

They blink together, they move together,
They cry together, they see things together, and they sleep together,
But they never see each other;

.. that's what friendship is.
Your aspiration is your motivation, your motivation is your belief, your
Belief is your peace, your peace is your target, your target is heaven, and
Life is like hard core torture without it

There is that friend by Anon

There is that friend
that is so much a part of you, that you feel alone just thinking about the thought of her not being there.

There is that friendship
that has so much that it is based on that nothing could ever dissolve or even threaten it.

There is that friend
with whom you share so much history that one fight or misunderstanding rolls off nearly instantaneously,
because one issue is so insignificant, and could never come close to shattering the bond.

There is that friendship
that cannot always be explained, but only understood and cherished by the two people that share it.

There is that friend
that mean so much to you, that you honestly believe you would stop studying for a final exam, break a date with your crush of five years, or risk being grounded just so you could be there to lend a shoulder to cry on, offer a hug, or spend three hours just sitting with her if that would make it at all better.

There is that friendship
that has lasted through ten years of your life, and is still growing.

There is that friend
who you can talk to about something that happened when you were eight years old, and she can relive that moment so vividly along with you..

There is that friend
that knows you as well as you know yourself, and finds it special that you know her just as well.

There is that friend
who can make you smile through your tears, or cry out of happiness.

There is that friend
who is always there for you, and just realizing that she would be there is more than enough to make it better.

There is that friend
who cares about clearing away your tears no less if you are crying over absolutely nothing or over something she may have done to hurt you.

I have one friend like that, and it is that friend that will always occupy a precious part of my heart.

I wish u a friendly time,
Hugs, Shanti

The Meaning of Hands (Art & Friendship)

The upside is your future is in your hands.And the downside is your future is in your hands.(Russ Myers)

God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with.(Billy Graham)

You've got so much ice on your hands I could skate on them.(John Curry)