>----- Original Message -----
From: "Helen Dynda" <olddad66@runestone.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 5:14 PM
Subject: Portrait of a Friend
> "Portrait of a Friend"
>
> I can't give solutions to all of life's problems, doubts, or fears. But I
> can listen to you, and together we will search for answers.
>
> I can't change your past with all it's heartache and pain, nor the future
> with its untold stories. But I can be there now when you need me to care.
>
> I can't keep your feet from stumbling. I can only offer my hand that you
> may grasp it and not fall.
>
> Your joys, triumphs, successes, and happiness are not mine; Yet I can
share
> in your laughter.
>
> Your decisions in life are not mine to make, nor to judge; I can only
> support you, encourage you, and help you when you ask.
>
> I can't prevent you from falling away from friendship, from your values,
> from me. I can only pray for you, talk to you and wait for you.
>
> I can't give you boundaries which I have determined for you; But I can
give
> you the room to change, room to grow, room to be yourself.
>
> I can't keep your heart from breaking and hurting; But I can cry with you
> and help you pick up the pieces and put them back in place.
>
> I can't tell you who you are. I can only love you and be your friend.
>
> --Unknown
>