Sharing as a gift, That’s a real friend, and such friends are all too rare.

<div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #403949; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqgGtEO1MvBM1IhZtQffq4b3NrTpOPpqtUeevjZCsxVvTu8ndLQvKTJQPd_aU2CJgsk4MpBZhjqpVH1qnbDL5r5hs50htPvKGS0XAm3DQSovt-9yoBY9lYGzDG3aSDv8WgXK-IgsVDxs/s1600/+Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="118" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaqgGtEO1MvBM1IhZtQffq4b3NrTpOPpqtUeevjZCsxVvTu8ndLQvKTJQPd_aU2CJgsk4MpBZhjqpVH1qnbDL5r5hs50htPvKGS0XAm3DQSovt-9yoBY9lYGzDG3aSDv8WgXK-IgsVDxs/s320/+Collage.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">Sharing is not necessarily directed to others</span> <span style="font-size: large;">we’ve offended. When we’re sharing, we’re being honest with a third party (and with ourselves, of course) about who we are and what we have done. But in essence we’re standing in front of our ideals in a state of honesty, admitting that we have fallen short of how we would ideally like to behave.</span></blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <span style="font-size: large;">So it’s only possible to confess to someone who shares the same ideals we do.</span></blockquote> <br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <span style="font-size: large;">We should consider ourselves very lucky indeed if there is someone to whom we can share with in this way. We can consider ourselves blessed to have someone whom we can confide in, who can keep confidences, and who shares our ethical perspective and won’t let us off the hook. That’s a real friend, and such friends are all too rare.</span></blockquote>

Sharing as a gift, That’s a real friend, and such friends are all too rare.

Sharing is not necessarily directed to others   we’ve offended. When we’re sharing, we’re being honest with a third party (and with ...

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