To see a friend who has suffered the loss of all things begin again with trust and love, gives us strength to continue on.
Interpretation
Supporting a friend in their time of loss helps both of you to find strength and a fresh start.
This quote emphasizes the importance of friendship and support during tough times, particularly when a friend has faced significant loss. By encouraging a friend to rebuild their life with trust and love, we not only aid in their healing but also derive strength for ourselves, reinforcing the bonds of companionship and resilience in adversity.
In practice
During a eulogy, sharing this quote can highlight the importance of friendship in healing.
I am not like a pebble on the beach - a grain of sand on the seashore or just one of millions of human beings past, present and future. No, I am a unique human being loved by God as if I were an only child - the only fruit of his creative powers.
I must not permit the evil capabilities of human nature to sour my faith in the tremendous good that is possible despite the frailty of that nature.
The sinner who suddenly realizes God's love for him and then looks at his rejection of that love feels a loss similar to the death of a loved one. A deep void is created in the soul and a loneliness akin to the agony of death.
Our memories are our own, and we cannot blame anything or anyone in the past for any pain dwelling there. If we open the door to them or keep hashing over past incidents in our minds, we have only ourselves to blame.
Man can and does rationalize his sins. He finds reasons for all his weakness, invents excuses that first calm and then deaden his conscience. He blames God, society, education, and environment for his wrong doing.
Love has been defined, analyzed, explained and excused. It has been the cause of wars, feuds, heroism, martyrdom, inordinate passion, and beautiful friendships. It pulls two people of opposite temperaments together into a married state and permits them to live happily. It makes friends understand each other without the necessity of words.
Nothing makes the earth seem so spacious as to have friends at a distance; they make the latitudes and longitudes.
I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that.
It takes two flints to make a fire.
Go oft to the house of thy friend, for weeds choke the unused path.
We form an association of brothers in all points of the globe ... yet there is one unseen that can hardly be felt, yet it weighs on us. Whence comes it? Where is it? No one knows ... or at least no one tells. This association is secret even to us the veterans of the Secret Societies.
Friendship has always belonged to the core of my spiritual journey.
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