{"id":19480,"date":"2014-11-21T13:00:34","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T11:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=19480"},"modified":"2017-06-07T13:42:48","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T11:42:48","slug":"%d9%85%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%a9-53-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%82-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d9%85%d9%82%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ad%d9%8a%d8%a7%d8%a9-53-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b5%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%82-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%8a%d9%88%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3\/","title":{"rendered":"On Life 53 \u2013 Friends \u2013 November 21, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0 \u00a0Our life becomes much easier, and its pains lesser when we are accompanied by a true friend. It is said that \u201cA fried is a brother and a great blessing which is not felt save by those who posses it, whereas those who lack in it feel how dreary life is.\u201d A true friend is close to you, not because of your money, social status, or authority, only to disappear when they do!<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Your friend is honest to you in all life issues. His love for you makes him wish you the best. When you seek his input, he offers you the most faithful opinion. When you need help, his supports you without you asking him to do. He is happy for your happiness, and senses your pain without your uttering a word. A true friend knows your feeling from the first moment he sees you, unlike others who you might have known for quite a while.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0Your friend bears you when you are upset and, no matter what happens, he keeps in mind your good stances. There is a lovely story about two friends who, while walking, one got agitated and slapped the other who got sad. So, he wrote on the sand, \u201cToday, my friend slapped me!\u201d As they continued, the person who slapped his friend was about to drown. So, his friend saved him. So, he wrote on a rock, \u201cToday, my friend saved me.\u201d When his friend asked him why he wrote \u201cslapped\u201d on the sand and \u201csaved\u201d on a rock, he answered, \u201cI wanted to write bad stances on the sand that they might go with the wind, whereas great stances are written on a rock to last!\u201d A friend never forgets the great stances you went through, despite the presence of problems.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0A true friend adamantly refuses whatever does not suit you, or can hurt you, even though you might insist on carrying it out. He is always there for you to tell you to be patient. He always helps you understand the reality of things. A friend knows your drawbacks; yet, he loves you so deeply that he endures you, thus, making your life less painful. Though your life might get so difficult that you reject your friend, he remains faithful to you as he knows the true meaning and role of friendship.<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0The most important thing one might need is a true friend. I recall a story which I read about a soldier who asked his commander to allow him go fetch his friend who did not return, but the latter refused. So, the soldier went out and came injured, carrying his friend\u2019s corpse. But, the commander scolded him for doing something worthless that could have cost him his life. The soldier answered, \u201cI found him dying. Yet, as soon as he saw me, he said, \u2018I knew you would come!\u201d It is believed, \u201cIf you have a friend, then you are wealthy.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n

General Bishop<\/span><\/h2>\n

Head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center<\/span><\/h2>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Our life becomes much easier, and its pains lesser when we are accompanied by a true friend. It is said that \u201cA fried is a brother and a great blessing which is not felt save by those who posses it, whereas those who lack in it feel how dreary life is.\u201d A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[8698,6804,6385,238,170,1007],"class_list":["post-19480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","tag-friends","tag-on-life","tag-youm7","tag-238","tag-170","tag-1007"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19480"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19480"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47645,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19480\/revisions\/47645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}