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Show FRIENDSHIP There are men who go through life I with the idea that they need no friends that they are better off I without anyone in whom to confide. They are so engrossed with their business that they take no time to cultivate acquaintances. They do not seek friendships. They walk down the street staring straight ahead or with their eyes on the ground, paying no attention to any- I one whom they may pass. 1 They succeed in their business, not because of their personality, but in j spite of it. They do not attract cus- 1 tomers, but rather repel theia. Their success is due to their close ap- B plication to their business and their knack of buying what people want. But there comes a day in the lives of such men when they realize their folly, when they awaken to the fact that one of the joys of life is tire friendships that may be formed and strengthened as time goes on. 8 When it dawns on this type of man E that they have made a mistake, they I turn to those who should have been I their friends, for friendships, and g find that it is too late. After they have passed the meridian meri-dian and begin to slip backwards, when they should have rich friendships friend-ships stored up, they descover there is no place for them in friendship s circle. The mistake of this kind of life is so apparent that there is no excu:ie for it. The man who thinks he does not want friends is all out of turi9 and he deserves what he gets when he arrives at the point where his mis- 8 taken viewpoint in life is realized. Making friends is easy with some men; with others it is difficult, but he who wants friends needs only to be friendly. Friendly men, like friendly communities, com-munities, attract friendly men. No place is going to advance very far unless un-less its people have a spirit of friendliness, friend-liness, for without a sympathetic understanding un-derstanding of each other's problems, co-operation and mutual helpfulness is impossible. |