FRIENDSHIP

Hiding one whole self from
another whole self encumbers
full meeting. It is difficult enough for
naked bodies to meet wholly.
When two selves are clothes in
pretense, they cannot come together;
there is separateness in their
togetherness, not togetherness in
their separateness.

- Ray Grigg

Friendship demands the banishment of pretence. That there be no difference between appearance and reality. No space between self and other.

Friendship cannot, therefore, exist without discomfort. For one’s comfortable space by definition no longer exists.

Friends should therefore be selected with care and from time to time assessment and cleansing should take place. The privilege of friendship should be deserved and so deserving proved.

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