Loving, supportive and positive friendships are what make the world go round.
Relationships of this kind touch us so deeply and hold an irreplaceable contribution towards having a healthy life.
To open your eyes wide enough to see your friend for who she* truly is, her heart, her essence, her Being is to See Her Beauty.
To see the sparkle in her eye, her dreams, her kindness, her inner smile.
Sometimes we do not look deep enough, either by skimming the surface or staying in the shadows, to see what is eternally true: that royal beauty lies within each of us, so warm and loving – that needs recognition, understanding and nurturing to flourish.
You have choice in this world: you can seek and practice positive friendships based on love and compassion or you can quiet your beating heart.
You can See Her Beauty or you can not see your own.
I know what I choose. I care from my heart and see the many hearts around me. I see the beauty in every friendship I hold. I am thankful for every friend I have, for each inspires me with their individual spark. I hold my hands wide and bare in asking to be a part of their lives, their journeys, their joy.
Friendships are too precious to be understated, overlooked or misused. With every green eye, angry, resentful, complacent or fearful moment you take, you miss out so greatly on beauty so available, so unique.
Stay united with those of the same sex and opposite. There is no threat but any that you choose to create – so do without.
Form friendships of gold based on pure and unobstructed love, treating them as treasure so rare.
Just see how much beauty you can create in your own life and lives of others in an opening of your heart.
* I use ‘she’ only as a personal example. I feel so blessed to have such amazing friendships with so many beautiful women. Please interchange ‘she’ for ‘he’ as appropriate for you. 
10/08/2009 at 10:05
What a gorgeous post!! It’s very timely for me as I’ve had a challenging and exhilarating year and couldn’t have gotten through it without my beautiful friends (male and female), and I keep meeting the most gorgeous people – YOURSELF included Rosanna!
13/08/2009 at 18:51
Thank you Denise!
Your year sounds amazing – go you for creating it and drawing like minded people towards you!
Good friends are so special and it’s important that we remember to thank them for just being them!
I’m so happy to have met you too! To chat, laugh, juice and practice yoga with such a lovely person
Love Xxx
18/08/2009 at 16:15
You are SO good at this, Ro – knowing you as my sister and one of my very best friends, you are really quite unique in seeing the beauty in people and bringing it out of them. The collage card you made for my 29th birthday really took my breath away. You walk your talk, girl! THANK YOU