Greeting Friend

there are a lot of people in our lives who we may call 'friends', but in reality is not most of them are true friends. do you know who is your friend? do you really think the friend is the one who you can see everyday and talk to? who is your friend and who is just a passerby in your life?

when thinking about it carefully you can find a lot of good answers, helping to differentiate you and those valuable people in your life and all the rest people, who are around but who hardly can help you to avoid the loneliness of the big and noisy world

trying to greet friend, as usual, one does not need any help, as knows for sure which words can easily reach friend's heart and make him/her feel warm about you in his/her life.

but still if feeling not so certain, try to help you

sometimes people use the ready greetings they can find online, but to create own greeting is much better and more meaningful

think over:

• the holiday you are going to greet your friend (as usual holiday may give you the main idea of the greeting, if it is New Year: everything can be started from the very beginning or going on in the same or even better way; Easter: try to think about the soul and inner beauty)
• event (wedding: new family life and the way you want your friend to have it)
• maybe you just want to remind/say think you him/her for the friendship
• show your gratitude over some special things your friend made for you

...of course all said above is rather superficial, like a starting point in your greeting so your task is to develop it and create your own unique lines

additional points:

• the personality your friend has 
• the events he had in his/her life
• maybe some of your common experience or shared events
• some special events in friend's life when he/she was really kind towards you/some other person 
• some friend's words you may use to show your friend he/she is a very interesting or sincere person

to make the personalized greeting one needs to know the person very well or at least try to figure out everything one knows; find some little trifle no one never notices but that makes other person your friend

very helpful in writing are wise or funny expressions you may find...some lines which can help you to see the right idea for the very greeting

let's see an example:

Step 1  

find the right expression (let it be for example this i like)

“A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.”
― Douglas Pagels 

Step 2 

write the greeting matching the expression (it can be a short or a long greeting depending on your desire and inspiration)

" till i got you in my life i did not know i can be a good friend. i did not really understand what friendship means and called 'friends' wrong people around me. it was hard for me to imagine the happiness of friendship and that special confidence one gets with the Friend: confidence you are not going to be betrayed, confidence you always get the help in the moment you need it most and possibility to be yourself, not trying to be someone else. now i have in my life the 'nicest thing' and 'the best thing i can be"

Step 3

write the end words (never leave the lines without your last farewell words)

"to the person i really care and the one cares about me" + date

Let's see what we have at the end:

 “A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.”
― Douglas Pagels

till i got you in my life i did not know i can be a good friend. i did not really understand what friendship means and called 'friends' wrong people around me. it was hard for me to imagine the happiness of friendship and that special confidence one gets with the Friend: confidence you are not going to be betrayed, confidence you always get the help in the moment you need it most and possibility to be yourself, not trying to be someone else. now i have in my life the 'nicest thing' and 'the best thing i can be

                                                                    To the person i really care 
                                                                                           and the very who cares about me
07 dec 2013

so many cards!! what to do with them?

i know when too many meaningless people give too many meaningless cards, you never know what to do with them, and the only thing you can do is to through them away from your life, from your mind!.. for not remembering, for not coming across and feeling that irritation as you know that is said inside means nothing and has no value, no value for you and for the person who gave it

have you ever thought why we are so careful with the kids' crafting? kids do everything from all their hearts or does not do at all....that is the main thing...we know how they tried their best to draw a picture or make a card for you....and it means something! as in this case one comes across of a little miracle and noone can stay indifferent

so if you have a lot of cards from really meaningful people then you know you cannot through them away but you collect the words, the memories, the warm feelings you got with the card...and in several years coming across of such a treasure you /for sure/ feel about the same...happiness...sweet memories...occasion when it happened...and understand again and again the value of a person who is with you, let it be
                                a friend, who you met in the far childhood/or in your crazy student years/or just several years ago walking in the park but you became so close and got the mutual understanding
                               your mom, who as you always thought, never understood you but when found the very lines in the card, you see she was the person who understood you always better than others
                               loving man who sometimes makes a lot of mistakes but has so many tender in his heart and wants to be better for you with each day
                               loving woman who is so emotional but has anything more than you in her life and wants to make you happy
                               neighbouring kid who you gave a candy once, made a special  Christmas card for you and gave it with a smile on his face
                                granny...dad...grandpa ......

it would be naive to wait from a man to create some kind of card box and save little treasures there, that is how woman can act and at least several men, but even strong men has their memories and there are moments in our lives when we need to feel we are not lonely in this huge and strange world

but cards maybe used as bookmarks (though most people now read e-books)
                      saved in the photoalbums (though now we have most pictures in digital media)
                      kept in special places (box or shelf or in your own cabinet)

Will you help me and make that list longer?
                                                                                      Richi, hoping for your help