The Love of a Friend

What if we could have a diamond just for being happy and a personal sunshine that brightened our sorrow?

I have both of these in a friend. 

True friends are priceless. They are even better than chocolate. Everyone wants and needs a friend who loves who they are, someone who sees the good in them, someone to share joys, ambitions, successes, struggles and failures with. Someone to laugh with, and someone to cry with. 

Let me tell you about a friend who I think of as both a diamond in my happiness and a sunshine in my sorrow. 

• She is a diamond in my life when she is happy for me with even the smallest of victories. 

• She is a diamond in my life with all her jokes and positive words.

• She is a diamond in my life with all of her acts of kindness, service and thoughtful encouragement.

• She is my sunshine when she listens to my worries with understanding.

• She is my sunshine when she offers advice in difficult situations.

• She is my sunshine when she shares her faith.

This friend of mine just gave me an adorable, little journal. She has one too and we are going to write down something we are grateful for in it every day. What a perfect gift--one that encourages positive thoughts and a healthy spirit. 

No worldly gifts or money or fame could ever compare with a simple diamond-sunshine-friend. How I love you, friend.