Friends are there when you least expect them.
When your heart is aching and you feel all alone.
They seem to know and show up just when you
think you can't make it through another day.
They lend an ear, share a heartache, offer compassion,
inspire the spirit, pray for you daily and sacrifice
both their time and their love to uplift and
comfort at any time.
They accept you as you are, recognize
your faults and love you just the same. They offer
of themselves without thought of receiving anything
in return. A true friend shares both the joy and the
sorrow in your life. If you have a "true" friend
you have something more valuable than gold.

                God's Boxes of Love
      I have in my hands two boxes
      Which God gave me to hold.
      He said, "Put all your sorrows in the black,
      And all your joys in the gold."

     I heeded His words, and in the two boxes
     Both my joys and sorrows I stored
     But though the gold became heavier each day
    The black was as light as before.

    With curiosity, I opened the black ,
     I wanted to find out why.
    And I saw, in the base of the box, a hole
    Which my sorrows had fallen out by.

    I showed the hole to God, and mused aloud,
  "I wonder where my sorrows could be."
    He smiled a gentle smile at me."
  "My child, they're all here with me."

    I asked, "God, why give me the boxes,
   Why the gold, and the black with the hole?"
  "My child, the gold is for you to count your blessings,
    The black is for you to let go."
     author unknown~

Love is Forgotten Seed

 I looked again, yes, there it was,
 A lovely little flower.
 With petals bright as drops of sun,
 Left by a summer shower.

 Forgotten since the tiny seed,
 I'd planted with no prayer.
 For it's survival clung to earth,
 And grew and blossomed there.

 How many seeds forgotten,
 That we sow along our way,
 Will blossom into warmth and joy,
 To brighten someone's day.

 Without our ever knowing it,
 A word, a touch, a smile,
 May plant the seed of friendship,
 And make a life worthwhile.

 Love has no value we can attain.
 Love is still free as in yesterday.
 Yet love can heal our wounds and pains,
 Love has no value 'til we give it away.

 Love is but a fantasy within the heart,
 Love is tender, caring and kind.
 Love is not lost 'til loved ones depart,
 Love is sharing secrets of the mind.

 Love is faith, hope and charity,
 Love is the joining of heart and mind.
 Love is our hopes and dreams set free.
 Love is friendship with ties that bind.

 The greatest love we will ever see,
 A love so great we will not be lost.
 It's the love of Jesus for you and me,
 Our sins forgiven upon the cross.
 

 Love is to be cherished, neither bought or sold.
 Love's elusive in lonely nights and dawning day,
 Love cannot be purchased with silver or gold.
 You'll know the truest love when you hear Jesus say,

 " I Love You"
author unknown~

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The midi you hear playing is "Friend of a Wounded Heart" by
Wayne Watson