Keeping Friends.
If you CRITICISE your friends
They will CONDEMN you.
If you are HOSTILE to your friends
They will FIGHT you.
If you RIDICULE your friends
They will become SHY.
If you SHAME your friends
They will feel GUILTY.
If you FRIGHTEN your friends
They will become APPREHENSIVE towards you.
BUT......
If you show TOLERANCE to your friends
They will become PATIENT.
If you show ENCOURAGEMENT to your friends
They will show you CONFIDENCE.
If you show PRAISE your friends
They will learn to APPRECIATE things.
If you are FAIR to your friends
They will learn JUSTICE.
If you give your friends SECURITY
They will have FAITH in you.
If you show APPROVAL to your friends
They will have SELF RESPECT.
If you show SERENITY to your friends
They will live with PEACE OF MIND.
And if you and ALL your friends show true FRIENDSHIP
You will ALL learn how to find true LOVE in the world.
Original Author Unknown. Adaptation © 2006 David West.
