Show how to make new friends we had just moved into a new house in a new neighborhood in a new town a little western city without any of the advantages of a more erudite community the see sec ond day we were there she came bearing gifts a glass of jelly she had made from wild chokecherries choke cherries the e autumn before she was just a little country woman she had always lived there she ever been more than fifty miles from home had never seen a railroad train or an airplane had been only once to the movies but I 1 never met one of more cosmopolitan mo politan personality of broader vision or of more supreme happiness you be with her tor for more than an hour without catchin catching Is the spirit of her infectious laugh ol it her rare and rollicking good huboi or some of the spirit of her amazing charm yet she was a woman who had lived all her life without advantages one evening as we sat on the porch I 1 questioned her closely about her philosophy of life and the genesis of her personality and I 1 believe that what she told me will go with me as a source of inspiration and help as long as I 1 live I 1 also believe it may likewise help you all her life she has merely made it a point to make a new friend ol 01 every new person who moves into the community it was the reflection of her friendship toward others that made her eyes shine her conversation sparkle with good fellowship and the humor that endeared her to everyone within a radius of a hundred dr d miles she drew you like a magnet her charm was irresistible and all she had done was to make a new friend 1 I suppose in her life that some persons had bad taken advantage of her friendship I 1 suppose she had been cheated and robbed as I 1 have as an you have maybe you and I 1 have become a little bit embittered because of it not she she found the new friends she won outweighed the loss of those who were faithless to her trust it if you will hill assume that everyone is your friend and try to make new social contacts every day it will do some mysterious and very rood things to your personality it will make your personality warm and friendly and will draw persons to you from every walk of life far better than any academic rules of psychology Is the simple rule of the mountain woman which I 1 learned as a dusk tell fell and the rabbits came out to play it if you want friends you have to show folks you are a friend I 1 guess that is 13 all there is I 1 to it |