Friendship Charms     
  (A place for sharing and friendship)   

                                                                         
    "Fine words and an insinuating appearance are
    seldom associated with true virtue."

    "Have no friends not equal to yourself.
    When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them."
                                                               
    * Confucius *

    "Friendship is like taking a shower, it refreshes your inner spirit creating
    a more relaxing and comfortable atmosphere afterwards". Yuri


            
        (The picture was passed among my friends and I don't remember the source)
                                                   
          (yout yee) This in Cantonese means
    friendship..^^ Friends are wonderful gems to have and to find one
    or more can be rare and special. We have met many friends in our lives but
    the ones that truly stay are the ones to be real gems. Whether shine or rain,
    smiles or frowns, they support us through our experiences high and low.
    Through my elementary days until now, I have had my share of friends and
    whether they are with me at this moment or not, they still remain to be part
    of me, my frienship footprint which carries me forward to becoming  my
    present ME =)

    May all sentient beings open their hearts and eyes to be friends beyond the
    boundaries of time and space, land, religion, race and differences. May our
    differences unit us and may we learn and grow from them.

    For more info on RAOK's friendship charms, check out RAOK
My Friendship Charms

   
 

    Notes:  To all RAOK Charmz members! My charms start on the 6th and
    on =) The fun begins when everyone starts to do exchanges..^^
   


    Lesson from the Geese    - have a look, it is very beautiful.

    "True friends are the people that are there for you unconditionally. They are
    there for you unconditionally. They are the people that never question you
    and support you no matter what the circumstances are..." unknown
   

   


   

     (friend or friends)

    Here are some interesting friends: We are all the same being,
    we can all be best of friends!!


    Sammi and Pip (Ryansan's cat and doggie relaxing :)

    

   

    Sammi is a beautiful plump cat. She is calm and likes to sleep. A very gentle
    creature who is diabetic :( She has her special cat food and she is special in
    her own way. She has a special way of eating too :) Have you ever seen cats
    eat by scooping out the food first with their paws? This was an amazing and
    beautiful sight for me to see.


    Sammi and Pip by the door (They just love each other's company :)

   

    Pip is a very sweet dog that likes his attention! Some of his activities he like
    to do is go for walks and carry souvenirs home. Once, when Ryan, Pip and
    I went on a walk in the field, Pip found a giant bone which he insisted of
    carrying home even though he was huffing and puffing :)


    Playing Time! Me and Pip (dans le salon).

     


   
   
    Leopard and cow are 'friends'. It is very heart warming..^^
    Who said that we can't be friends?

   


    Wildlife officials in India say a leopard has become friends with a cow. They
    meet up every night and observers have seen the cow licking the big cat's head
    and neck. Wardens heard about it from villagers at Antoli in Gujarat state.
    Warden Rohit Vyas said:

        "It was unbelievable. They approached each other at very close proximity
        and the fearless cow would lick the leopard on its head and neck."

    Mr Vyas said dogs in the village started barking every night between 9.30pm
    and 10pm when the leopard came. The forest department decided against
    trapping the leopard after realising it wasn't a threat to the Hindus' sacred
    animal. The Press Trust of India reports that villagers are happy since
    leopard's frequent visits to the village fields have kept other animals away.

    Story filed: 13:38 Tuesday 13th May 2003 (from Ananova on net)

    Vadodara, May 12: In a rare case of predator-prey friendship, a leopard
    coming to "visit" a cow at night has literally become the talk of the town.
    The incredible ways of the two animals at Antoli village in Waghodia Taluka
    of the district have attracted the attention of one and all, including the wild life
    activists. According to honorary wildlife warden Rohit Vyas, who has visited
    the village several times with other enthusiasts, "the leopard has been visiting
    the cow from October last year at regular intervals".

    "After the villagers informed us about frequent visits of the leopard to the
    sugarcane field for its close encounter with the cow in the field, our team
    comprising conservator of forest H S Singh and others including wildlifer
    Manoj Thakkar and Kartik Upadhyay, visited the village for verification",
    Vyas told PTI here on Monday.

    "It was unbelievable", he said adding, "they approached each other at very
    close proximity and the fearless cow would lick the leopard on its head and
    neck".

    Giving further details about the animals-bond, Vyas said "the dogs would
    start barking when the leopard came to meet the waiting cow every night
    between 9.30 PM to 10.30 PM".

    The Forest Department, which was trying to capture the beast, gave up its
    efforts after learning about the friendship. Moreover, the leopard did not harm
    other animals in the village and its visits have benefited villagers as other
    animals kept away from damaging crops in the fields and crops yields went up
    by 30 per cent, Vyas added. (from Vegan blog on net)



        Friends comes in all shape and sizes ^_~

   

   
  
    


  INSPIRATING POEMS / QUOTES


    

    The Lilly

    The modest Rose puts forth a thorn:
   The humble Sheep, a threatning horn:
   While the Lilly white, shall in Love delight,
    Nor a thorn nor a threat stain her beauty bright.
 
    by William Blake

   

    "We all take different paths in life, but no matter where we go, we take a
    little of each other everywhere."

    by Tim McGraw

    "Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person,
    having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words."

    by George Eliot

    "I have come to realize more and more that the greatest disease and the
    greatest suffering is to be unwanted, unloved, uncared for, to be shunned
    by everybody, to be just nobody [to no one].

    "My Life for the Poor."

    "Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always
    start with the person nearest you."

    "If you judge people, you have no time to love them."

    "It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is
    not how much we give, but how much love we put in the giving."

    by Mother Teresa