QUOTES ON FRIENDSHIP

The following quotes were sent in by Carly

"Your best friends are going to hurt you every once in a while, you must forgive them for that."

"Forgiveness is the key to your unhappiness."

"Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they are meant to be there; they serve some sort of purpose, teach you a lesson, or help you figure out who you are."
-Sent in by Lindsay Russo-

Consider the pain you feel every time a misunderstanding ensues between you and your best friend. The more you feel the hurt, you will realize how important your friend is. Friendship is not all about perfections. Friendship is in fact a union of imperfections joined together to create meaningful and lasting relationships.

True friendship demands understanding, endurance and acceptance. You don’t stick together just because you are of the same feathers. You bond because albeit the difference, you come to accept each other unconditionally.

Friendship evolves…. As we grow old, our understanding of friendship is also strengthened by wisdom and experience.

Maybe what a friend can do most is to allow friendship to grow. In touching lives, a friend does not impose. He comes like a gentle wind so refreshing and calm. He brings enormous colors and forms but remain subtle and lucid.

True friendship requires no exact definition. It’s not an act of separating good eggs from bad eggs. Imagine uniting these good and bad eggs altogether and discover that they can score a soaring difference.

MY TENETS IN TEACHING

Teaching is my source of wisdom.

It is a skill which I did not master overnight.

Discipline, Diligence and Dedication were my investments.

Appreciation, Acknowledgment and Affection were among my priceless rewards.

I touched and left a mark in the hearts of my students in my own simple ways.

This experience also created significant implications in my very own life.

Pleasing all of my students is indeed a difficult goal.

In this kind of undertaking, transparency of one’s sincerity is not sufficient.

Most students find good motives not easily understood.

Winning their approval is not a feasible aspiration.

Learning entails a difficult process as in difficulty learning is more enhanced.

But only few of us can sustain complexities.

The inclination of students to stay away from intricacies is a reality.

If learning becomes difficult, the instrument of learning is also too complicated to appreciate.

Thus in teaching, endurance is my effective shield.

Dedication is the acme of my moral support.

For almost fifteen years, I clung to this profession and survived its trials.

Well, did I achieve anything?

This question unfolds many possible answers;

Answers that are either clear or ambiguous!

For now, I don’t really mind whether my students appreciate my efforts or not.

After all, realization comes in its tail.

I’m astonished looking at my former students who are now professionals and successful.

Being overwhelmed of their endless and sincere words of appreciation;

These are things more than what I expected to receive.

Again I say, teaching is not just a skill but it is more of DEDICATION!