After spending the day listening to tributes to Tim Russert, I realized that these defined what it means to be a friend.
Friendships are protective. Friends help you to stay balanced, will help you laugh at yourself, and understand the forgiveness factor.
Too often when a friendship, relationship, or marriage becomes rocky — for whatever the reasons –people ignore the problem, take their differences to the public arena, find solace in an affair, or simply leave.
How sad. As Wilma Askinas, author of “A Splice of Life” once said, “A friend is someone who sees through you and still enjoys the view.”
I loved listending to the tributes and here are a few of them. Go to www.nbc.com to select the ones you wish to hear.
Talking about children, our children, his father: Talking about children
Words from a Competitor on Face the Nation: From his competitor
Tim’s Love of Family: Talking about Family
It seems that from his family and his faith, Tim Russerrt lived the life of love.
Love is never boastful nor conceited;
it is never rude or selfish.
Love does not take offense neither it is resentful.
Love takes no pleasure in other people’s faults,
but delights in the truth.
Love is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope
and to endure whatever comes.
1 Corinthians 13:4
How do we find good friends and love? By being a friend. By being loving. One can search for love, or one can wait for love. But for certain one must prepare the heart to give and receive love. The more love we give to others, the more likely love will come to us. The choice is ours. But it starts with being a friend.
Copyright 2008 Rita Watson