friendship.

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Permalink Reply by sarah miller on December 10, 2007 at 7:12am

I have recently discovered what the true meaning of friendship is. I have met someone this year that surpasses anything that I have ever experienced. He has taught me so many things in a short time that makes it impossible for me to express the level of gratiutde and respect that I feel for him.

I met my friend in a My Space technical forum approximately 4-5 months ago. I asked a question about my dating site and he responded promptly and thoroughly.That is always his style!

After several months of corresponding via email concerning technical matters, I decided that due to my lack of knowledge and understanding it was better to chat through instant messaging. This is where our deep and lasting friendship really began.

My friend is a Search Engine Optimizer. He spends countless hours optimizing a site. It can take a few hundred hours to truly optimize one and for that he is paid a pittance. He does the work with complete dedication and expertise.

Something about me compelled him to continue emailing me. He said he felt my sense of urgency to succeed and he knew that feeling. His sincerity was genuine and his spirit kind and gentle. I had so many questions about my site and needed so much assistance that his advice and efforts have been invaluable and immeasureable..

He has spent countless free hours daily guiding and assisting me with helping my site to succeed. He always encourages and pushes me gently to stay focused. He has assured me that we are a team and we will be successful. He takes my success personally and seriously. He does so much work for me by contacting people senior to him for advice and posting various items.

He strives for excellence and will not lot me slack or become unfocused. He has told me that there is no room for failure and I believe that as well!

My friend has many reasons to be bitter and selfless. You see my friend is paralyzed from a severely negligent doctor who failed to read a report before doing surgery. A report that recommended that he do a chest MRI before surgery. A report that if read correctly could have saved him from paralysis from the nipple down. My friend walked into the hospital a healthy and hopeful young man for a seeminlgy simple surgery.

I think about him all the time and try to find ways that I can give back to him for all that he has done for me and in part for what he has and still goes through daily. He makes me realize how fortunate that I really am even when I feel down or discouraged. I also realize how rapidly our lives can change in an instant.

All that I can really do for him at this time is to simply say Thank You Friend!!! You are the best!!

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Permalink Reply by Oksana on December 25, 2007 at 11:53pm

Friendship is really very important in our lives, it's a pity that sometimes we put relationships with men, career or something else higher than friendship, because when everything broke up, it is a friend who will support you, who will come to you in a difficult minute. So let's develop friendship, give something to your friends and they'll give it back to you!
One wise man once said:"A friend is a man who knows everything about you and still love you." I agree with this:)
I wonder why men say that there cannot be friendship between women. Does somebody know the answer?
I'm sure this friendship really exists:)

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Permalink Reply by Eve on January 3, 2008 at 9:56pm

Friendship to me is so needed. I work from home so I do not get out to meet people, and being new to town my only friends are people that work with my husband, and they are not really 'friends' of mine, I mean if I was out of gas everyone of them could be trusted to pick me up, but they are my husbands friends.

A year ago my husbands boss had a party, and I met my one and only friend I have now, she was dating a co-worker of my hubby and she and I hit it off right away. The only reason I still know her is because she looked me up, I was too insecure to try to contact her, as I literally had NO friends or acquaintances.

Fast forward one year and we are going strong, we do a lot for each other and it goes both ways. While I only have one friend, she is all I need. If it were not for her I wouldn't be where I am today, you know?

Being so insecure and shy makes it hard to make friends, you gotta love the ones you got!

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Permalink Reply by Oksana on January 4, 2008 at 7:11pm

I understand you very well, I also work from home, and I should say it's really difficult to make new friends. When I studied at the university, I had a lot of friends, but now only some of them are left. When you go to place where you meet a lot of people every day it's easy to have friends because all of you have a lot in common: studying, common friends, university, etc. And then when you do not visit any public place every day, that's really difficult. And I should say, those friends who are left they are real friends. So you should keep on to develop your friendship, because I'm sure your friend is a real friend:) And I hope you will make some more acquaintances and friends easily!

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