“Friendship A-Z”
I wake up in the morning, and can hardly wait to see if I've received a mailing, addressed from you to me. I get my puter running, and much to my delight, your poems, jokes and other things come quickly into sight. Please keep those emails coming, they are so enjoyable you see Funny things, friendly things those things you mail to me. But most of all, the fun of it, Is knowing that they came From you my friend, The one I need not name.
This is a test of the Emergency Friendship System forward it (and back to me, too, I hope).... a Friend does most or all of these...
(A)ccepts you as you are
(B)elieves in "you"
(C)alls you just to say "HI"
(D)oesn't give up on you
(E)nvisions the whole of you (even the unfinished parts)
(F)orgives your mistakes
(G)ives unconditionally
(H)elps you
(I)nvites you over
(J)ust to "be" with you
(K)eeps you close at heart
(L)oves you for who you are
(M)akes a difference in your life
(N)ever Judges
(O)ffer support
(P)icks you up
(Q)uiets your fears
(R)aises your spirits
(S)ays nice things about you
(T)ells you the truth when you need to hear it
(U)nderstands you
(V)alues you
(W)alks beside you
(X)-plains thing you don't understand
(Y)ells when you won't listen and
(Z)aps you back to reality
