From: James Kuebler Area: Mundane To: All 10 Sep 94 18:05:00 Subject: Friendship UpdReq FRIENDSHIP From the Prophet by Kahil Gibran And a youth said, Speak to us of Friendship. And he answered, saying: Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with thanksgiving. And he is your board and your fireside. For you come to him with your hunger, and you seek him for peace. When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the "nay" in your own mind, nor do you withhold the "aye." And when he is silent your heart ceases hot to listen to his heart; For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all desires, all expectations are born and shared, with you that is unacclaimed. When you part from your friend, you grieve not; For that which you love most in him may be clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber is clearer from the plain. And let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit. For love that seeks aught but the disclosure of its own mystery is not love but a net cast forth: and only the unprofitable is caught. And let your best be for your friend. If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood also. For what is your friend that you should seek him with hours to kill? Seek him always with yours to live. For it is his to fill your need, but not your emptiness. And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. ...Friendship is not free, it requires time and effort. 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718 From: Herb Mitchell Area: Mundane To: Albertus Magnus 13 Sep 94 00:00:06 Subject: The Week in Death: August 19-25 UpdReq > QUOTE OF THE WEEK: > "Please don't bury me > Down in that cold, cold ground > I'm gonna have them cut me up and > Pass me all around > Throw my brain > In a hurricane > The blind can have my eyes > The devil can have both of my ears > If he don't mind the size." > -- John Prine I had learned this is "The deaf can have both my ears if they don't mind the size... Do you know if TWIDMan would happen to have the rest of the song, by any chance? (And if not, if he would be interested in it, though I had learned it from someone who claimed to have known the *woman* who wrote it... go figure...) 201434369420143436942014343694201434369420143436942014343694718