“The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him, his own.”  -Benjamin Disraeli

It’s in troubled times that we discover the value of friendship. I once heard someone refer to friend-ship – as a boat that helps you sail through rough and turbulent waters. Be it illness, financial difficulty, separation and divorce or the loss of someone near and dear, real friends come forward and give solace and support. Some people may feel that sharing tears and fears with others is showing a sign of weakness, but sharing these heartfelt experiences helps us to release negative emotions and come to some understanding and clarity. Without out having friends to listen and offer insights, the world would be much more dull and dreary. Good friends are there to lift us up when we fall, to keep us on track with our goals and to help support us when we’re down.

Being a good friend is as important as having good friends. Together we can make a little piece of the world brighter and happier. Our best friends help us to see the good in us when we can’t see beyond our own faults and they help to keep us real when we put ourselves way up above the rest of the world.

What does friendship mean to you and how will you nurture your friendships today?

Bio: Debra Moffitt is author of Awake in the World: 108 Practices to Live a Divinely Inspired Life. A visionary, dreamer and teacher, she’s devoted to nurturing the spiritual in everyday life. She leads workshops on spiritual practices at the Sophia Institute and other venues in the U.S. and Europe. Her mind/body/spirit articles, essays and stories appear in publications around the globe and were broadcast by BBC World Services Radio. She has spent over fifteen years practicing meditation, working with dreams and doing spiritual practices. Visit her online at http://www.awakeintheworld.com.