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Friends, it is said, are those relatives, that God forgot to give us. We meet them, with luck, by chance, and through some effort on our part too,  Sometimes, circumstances play a major role in creating opportunities for us to find each other, to get to know each other, to try each other out,  to build that trust, that binding, that special bond! So what is so special about friends, that is not in any other relationship? Unconditional love, the skill of listening, without giving advice,  and power to care for us, no matter what circumstances we are in,  the capacity to see beyond "what is in it for me" attitude. (It was friendship day a couple of days ago)

Time, they say, waits for none and the tide doesn't rise for everyone! Though, time, am sure, favours  the chosen ones and the tide, for sure, sweeps them up, towards making the right  decisions!!  You and I are such lucky ones! Nothing was hard to be onerous we were born in the right homes, maybe  our stars were generous,  and bestowed on us were also  the blessings of health, and happiness, smiles of love and fortune!! But not on everyone  fortune smiles,  dear! Without any fault of theirs they didn't get what you and I take for granted a safe home, a secure future, not even a sure routine!! So be kind to those, whom, chance hasn't favoured. Neither has time nor tide has  pushed them up. They did not have opportunities, or choices that we had, choices, which turned out to be the right ones! Maybe they didn't have the freedom to avail opportunities, or to choose that they yearned to be, Yes, they were not free!  Be nice to those  w...