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Tag Archives: friends
Why Let Your Friends Have All The Fun?
(Source: Forever Awezome) Love, Russ
Posted in Friendship, Fun, Humor
Tagged beach, friends, fun, horse masks, horses, humor, silly, silly photo, stupid, unicorn
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Being There and Showing How Much I Care
In a comment from my last post, a reader asked what I did to become a better friend. I thought some of you might also be interested in my reply (with a bit more information added that I thought of … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Commitment, Friendship, Passion
Tagged Being there, care, Caring, children, Family, friends, Friendship, hormones, lines of communication, teenager, teenagers, teens
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I Changed My View and It Changed Me
There were times many years ago when I thought my friends had abandoned me. I was wrong. I had only thought that they and I were friends. I hadn’t really been much of a friend to them so I shouldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Abundance, Breakthroughs, Friendship, Introspection, LIfe Lessons, My Beliefs, Observations
Tagged abandoned, change, changed, changed my view, friends, Friendship, it changed me, view
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Wind and Fire
“Distance does to love what wind does to fire… it extinguishes the weak and fuels the strong.” I love this saying and believe it to be true and profound. This was sent to me by the wonderful lady who married … Continue reading
Posted in Commitment, Courage, Loneliness, Love, Marriage
Tagged Afghanistan, friends, helicopter, loneliness, Love, marriage, sacrific, service, war
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Healing Words
“Words. They can arouse. They can make you laugh, and make you cry. But if you find the one who can heal you with their words, never let them go.” –Unknown (Source: Forever Awezome) I love this quote. To me, … Continue reading
Posted in Abundance, Communicating, Healing, Making the World a Better Place, Quotes I Love
Tagged arouse, cry, friends, heal, healed, healing, laugh, Love, true, words
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A Five-Decade Stroll Down Memory Lane
That’s What he gets rough mix-2_12_13 I was just working on a song about friendship with my co-writers Denis Loiuseau and Kevin Harris, and it reminded me of a visit I had last week from a dear friend whom I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Adversity, Challenges, Friendship, Song Updates, Songs I've Written or Co-Written
Tagged firemen, five decades, friends, Friendship, Memory Lane
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What I Know For Sure
My friend Shian at http://shianwrites.wordpress.com/ asked the question in a recent post: What do you know for sure? I thought it was a great question. Here is my reply: I know for sure that I am happiest, feel most connected, … Continue reading
Posted in Abundance, Introspection, Observations
Tagged connected, Family, Feel, friends, happiest, Inner Peace, kind, kindness, laughter, Love, smile
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Becoming the Kind Of Friend I Wanted To Have
There was a time when I was lonely so I tried to make friends and invite more people into my life. Most people declined the invitation. I simply didn’t have enough positive things to offer to them and/or I had … Continue reading
Posted in Abundance, Breakthroughs, Challenges, LIfe Lessons
Tagged efforts, Friend, friends, great, Important, invitation, Life, loneliness, lonely, meaningful, time, works
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Spirit-Shiners
I just saw a saying that I like: “Spend time with those who make your spirit shine.” (Unknown) That sounds like wisdom to me. I believe the use of such time is really an investment rather than an expenditure, and … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiring, Joy & Happiness, Making the World a Better Place, Optimism, Quotes I Love
Tagged better, friends, inspired, Life, readers, shine, spirit, spirit-shiner, spirit-shiners, world
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Russ Towne's A Grateful Man 