A friend in need...

[shazzabell]

My friend is feeling really down at the minute and i want to send her a text message to tell her that I care and I'm thinking about her. Do you know of any good internet sites I could check for little poems or words of wisdom?

[woofgang]

Here's one I like

"It will all be fine in the end, if its not fine, its not the end."

[acw]

I recently sent this to a friend.  It's not my own words, but you may like it... I sent it as an email with a pic of the two of us pasted onto a word page.  I was getting a bit sentimental!

�If you're alone, I'll be your shadow.  If you want to cry, I'll be your shoulder.  If you want a hug, I'll be your pillow.  If you need to be happy, I'll be your smile.  But anytime you need a friend, I'll just be me.� 

 ~Author Unknown

[Morrisonker]

If you know her favourite song, maybe you could send a few lines of that in a text.  For example, I was feeling really low a few days ago and my friend sent me a line from my fav song, Mr Jones by Counting Crows 'When everybody loves you, aww son, thats just about as funky you can be'.  Just thinking about the song cheers me up and I knew she was trying to help. 

[Laura-sakura]

A text message is not the most caring and thoughtful way of showing someone you're thinking of them.. Why not write her a letter or send a card. That's much nicer.

[acw]

A text-message arrives in an instant.  The letter could arrive too late.  I agree a letter is more sentimental, but I've got texts I've kept in my phone for years because they meant something to me at the time, and still do.  I think shazzabell should show her care for her friend in the way SHE feels is most appropriate! 

If you weren't taken by our words before shazza, I found the site where I pinched my quote from:

http://www.quotegarden.com/friendship.html

[GucciGal]

Here you go .....

Faith makes things possible, it does not make them easy.

or

Let me help without splashing my name on the achievement, and vanish without waiting for the results. 
 

or

Positive thoughts generate power, negative ones waste it. 

or

If I recognise that whatever is happening in the great drama of life is beneficial, then my courage will never fail. 
  

Hope she/he is back on top soon. x
 

[shazzabell]

She's actually a close work colleague who's come out of work suffering with post natal depression so I think a text would be apt. I'm going to browse the quotation site acw suggested (excellent site, by the way, thank you!).

Thanks to everybody for their suggestions :-)

[helster]

but morrishonker, what sentiment does that actaully contain? `don't worry because if everyone loves you, you'll be funky'? Hmm. Not sure. I love the song but not sure abt that particualr sentiment.

[helster]

This incredible insprational poem makes me feel as though, whatever is happening, or however I feel, all is as it should be.

Desiderata

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,
and remember what peace there may be in silence.
As far as possible without surrender
be on good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly;
and listen to others,
even the dull and the ignorant;
they too have their story.

Avoid loud and aggressive persons,
they are vexations to the spirit.
If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain and bitter;
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.


Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs;
for the world is full of trickery.
But let this not blind you to what virtue there is;
many persons strive for high ideals;
and everywhere life is full of heroism.


Be yourself.
Especially, do not feign affection.
Neither be cynical about love;
for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment
it is as perennial as the grass.


Take kindly the counsel of the years,
gracefully surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings.
Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline,
be gentle with yourself.

[helster]

You are a child of the universe,
no less than the trees and the stars;
you have a right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you,
no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.


Therefore be at peace with God,
whatever you conceive Him to be,
and whatever your labors and aspirations,
in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.


With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.
Be cheerful.
Strive to be happy.

[helster]

obviously....this would take a quite few text messages so why not pick a line or two that you think is appropriate.

x