The language of friendship is not words but meanings. ~ Henry David Thoreau
In Celtic spirituality, the anam cara friendship stimulates the richness and mystery of life. The Irish believe an individual blessed with anam cara has arrived at a sacred place. Friendship becomes an act of recognition, response and reciprocity. It involves belonging.
John O’Donohue, author of his version of Anam Cara, celebrates the soul that shines like a cloud around the body. He feels that when you become open, appreciative and trusting with another, your souls flow together.
O’Donohue borrows Aristotle’s notion of friendship and stretches it to a more expansive understanding. He writes, "Friendship is the sweet grace that liberates us to approach, recognize and inhabit this adventure."
Writers often delve into friendship's concept using abstract descriptions. What does C.S. Lewis mean by his notion that friendship has a, "value to survival"?
Photographs and cute sayings abound in the search for an explanation of friendship. To communicate, a writer must show instances of emotion and affection.
Examine a situation of friendship to demonstrate its intensity and meaning in a scene that shows how individuals connect. Write to reveal how a friendship looks, feels, and sounds. Let taste and scent have meaning in a relationship. Reveal how humor and play energize friends.
With words, share meanings.
A friend is a loved one who awakens your life in order
to free the wild possibilities within you.
Examine a situation of friendship to demonstrate its intensity and meaning in a scene that shows how individuals connect. Write to reveal how a friendship looks, feels, and sounds. Let taste and scent have meaning in a relationship. Reveal how humor and play energize friends.
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