Today’s Quote: Friendships are fragile things, and require as much care and handling as any other fragile and precious thing. ~Randolph S. Bourne

Today’s Affirmation: I nurture my friendships with forgiveness, love and gentleness.

Today's Spiritual Contemplation: It seems the first step in identifying our own shortcoming is to see them reflected back at us through the ones who are closest to us. It is through this process that we see our own patterns that alienate us from our loved ones. Then we can practice real forgiveness; that of ourselves. We are always best to leave the forgiveness of our friends, and all others, to them except where and when it aids us in forgiving ourselves.