Friends

I am blessed with wonderful friends. I have been sick for more than a week now and I'm a generally healthy person. This is the first time in years that I have not been able to push myself to provide wholesome meals for the family and have just remained curled up on the sofa falling asleep.
None of my friends had seen me since our pastor was out of town and we didn't have mass the week before. One of my neighbors who works with one of my friends, mentioned I looked terrible and she decided I needed to be fed. That evening she turned up with food and told me in no uncertain terms that I need to just sit tight and let the house be a mess and let her know what I needed. :)
Another person just showed up at my door with some food and another one turned up with a whole lot of food. I'm feeling much better and no one really knew I was in a bad shape.
It got me thinking on how fortunate I was. I have people in my life who really care about me. Even when my friends were not aware of how sick I was, I knew in my heart that if I really needed something, I just had to pick the phone and call and I'm sure they would do whatever needed. Its a good feeling. I don't have any family close to where I live but these people have become my family. Some of them have become closer than even family.
Be a friend. Live life by the golden rule - Do unto others as you would want them to do to you. I have to Thank God for my friends from various times in my life - from my infancy to my adult life. I feel I am among the luckiest persons in the world because of the blessing of friendship.

The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.
Hubert H. Humphrey