I found this in an article I was reading on another blog. It was part of an article written by Diane LeBlue.
There is an Arabian proverb that states: a friend is one to whom one can pour out all the contents of one’s heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keeping what is worth keeping, and, with the breath of kindness, blow the rest away.
Isn’t that just fantastic? We all need friends and family like that.
