Re: FWD: Portrait of a Friend

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This is one of the most beautiful things I've read! I have just the friend who needs this right now. Thank you so much for sharing! DeNiSeLara Kearns <persian_rose9@...> wrote: "Portrait of a Friend" I can't give solutions to all of life's problems, doubts, or fears. But I can listen to you, and together we will search for answers. I can't change your past with all it's heartache and pain, nor the

future with its untold stories. But I can be there now when you need me to care. I can't keep your feet from stumbling. I can only offer my hand that you may grasp it and not fall. Your joys, triumphs, successes, and happiness are not mine; Yet I can share in your laughter. Your decisions in life are not mine to make, nor to judge; I can only support you, encourage you, and help you when you ask. I can't prevent you from falling away from friendship, from your values, from me. I can only pray for you, talk to you and wait for you. I can't give you boundaries which I have determined for you, But I can give you the room to change, room to grow, room to be yourself. I can't keep your heart from breaking and hurting, But I can cry with you and help you pick up the pieces and put them back in place. I can't tell you who you are. I can only love you and be your friend.

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This is absolutely lovely- ty for sharing

> " Portrait of a Friend "

>

> I can't give solutions to all of life's problems, doubts,

> or fears. But I can listen to you, and together we will

> search for answers.

>

> I can't change your past with all it's heartache and pain,

> nor the future with its untold stories.

> But I can be there now when you need me to care.

>

> I can't keep your feet from stumbling.

> I can only offer my hand that you may grasp it and not fall.

>

> Your joys, triumphs, successes, and happiness are not mine;

> Yet I can share in your laughter.

>

> Your decisions in life are not mine to make, nor to judge;

> I can only support you, encourage you,

> and help you when you ask.

>

> I can't prevent you from falling away from friendship,

> from your values, from me.

> I can only pray for you, talk to you and wait for you.

>

> I can't give you boundaries which I have determined for you,

> But I can give you the room to change, room to grow,

> room to be yourself.

>

> I can't keep your heart from breaking and hurting,

> But I can cry with you and help you pick up the pieces

> and put them back in place.

>

> I can't tell you who you are.

> I can only love you and be your friend.

> --Unknown

>

>

>

>

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