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A FRIEND IN NEEDby: Luella RedfernAfriend in need is a friend indeed. A man who stands by his friend in adversity is a true friend. Sel ess love is the base of true friendship. True friends share each other's joy and sorrow, pain and pleasure. ey do not fall o in adversity. ey have full con dence in each other. ey never betray each other. Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. A sel ess friend is a blessing; a sel sh friend is a curse. e rst is an angel and the second is a devil. One makes your career while the other mars it.True friendship means great self-sacri ce on the part of both. A true friend fore- goes pleasure and convenience. He goesin trouble, he leaves you in the lurch. A sel sh friend is always after grinding his own axe. He does not love you, he only loves your riches. You give him a loan of money; you will lose not only the loan but also your friendship into the bargain.A friend in need is the medicine of life. He stands by us through thick and thin, in weal and woe. He is a source of joy and inspiration. A friend in need is a true guide. He is always loyal and faithful. He is never a victim of misunderstanding.He is not a atterer and a yes-man. He is open and plain. If his friend goes wrong, he will openly tell him that he should de- sist from such a course." A friend in need is a true guide. He is always loyal and faithful. He is never a victim of misunderstanding"out of his way and faces di culties in his way with joy and even with pride. e friendship between Krishna and Sudama is a classic example of genuine friendship. Joy and sorrow, success and failure, good fortune and misfortune, are equally shared by a pair of true friends. ey shoulder the burden of life equally for they feel that they sail in the same boat and that they have to sink and swim together.A sel sh friend is rich in words and poor in deeds. He talks tall but when you are30 CityLight.orgLucky is the man who has a true friend... a friend in need and adversity.luella redFernExecutive Director of the Esther Women of In uence, shown with her husband, Bishop Redfern IIfebruary 2018