Happy Friendship Day

[Pal]

August 05, 2007 (first Sunday of August) is being celebrated as Friendship Day. Thank you all for being so good with me in the xenoMED. Hope we will have more wonderful days ahead.

[Pal]

Friendship Day celebrations take place on the first Sunday of August every year. The tradition of dedicating a day in honor of friends began in US in 1935. Gradually the festival gained popularity and today Friendship Day is celebrated in large number of countries including India. On this day people spend time with their friends and express love for them. Exchange of Friendship Day Gifts like flowers, cards and wrist bands is a popular tradition of this occasion.

Considering the valuable role friends play in our life it was deemed to fit to have a day dedicated to friends and friendship. The United States Congress, in 1935, proclaimed first Sunday of August as the National Friendship Day. Since then, celebration of National Friendship Day became an annual event. The noble idea of honoring the beautiful relationship of friendship caught on with the people and soon Friendship Day became a hugely popular festival.

Following the popularity and success of Friendship Day in US, several other countries adopted the tradition of dedicating a day to friends. Today, Friendship Day is enthusiastically celebrated by several countries across the world including India.

In 1997, the United Nations named Winnie - the Pooh as the world's Ambassador of Friendship.

There is not much literature on Friendship Day history as we celebrate today. However, there are numerous folktales and several instance in mythological legends that shows that friends and friendship have been valued since the beginning of civilized world. As an intrinsically social creature, men love to make friends to further this process of socialization.

[Pal]

Everyone Should Have A Friend Like You
Everyone should have a friend like you
You are so much fun to be with
And you are such a good person
You crack me up with laughter
And touch my heart with your kindness
You have a wonderful ability
To know when to offer advice
And when to sit in quiet support
Time after time
You've come to my rescue
And brightened so many of my routine days
And time after time
I've realized how fortunate
I am that my life includes you
I really do believe that
Everybody should have a friend like you
But so far it looks like
You are one of a kind!

[Pal]

"Your friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you."

"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."

"My friends are my estate."

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."

"A friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else."

"A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart, and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."

"A friend is one who believes in you when you have ceased to believe in yourself."

"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow.
Don't walk behind me, I may not lead.
Walk beside me and be my friend."

"A hug is worth a thousand words. A friend is worth more."

"Everyone is a friend, until they prove otherwise."

"Every person is a new door to a different world."
Friendship Day Quotes by: from movie "Six Degrees of Seperation"

"It takes a long time to grow an old friend."

"I get by with a little help from my friends."

"Anybody can sympathise with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathise with a friend's success."

"Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up."

"Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet never really meet; and two others at first speech are old friends."

"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather is one of those things that give value to survival."

"I might give my life for my friend, but he had better not ask me to do up a parcel."

"Friends are the most important ingredient in this recipe of life."

"The better part of one's life consists of his friendships."

"The love of my life is the love between friends."

"One's best friend is oneself."

"A Friend is someone who knows all about you and loves you anyway!!!"

"To be depressed is to be lonely; to have a friend is to be happy..."

Friendship is like a perennial river which flows forever. It may change it's path but will never ever dry up.

[Pal]

Train Tickets
Three engineers and three accountants were traveling by train to a conference. At the station, the three accountants each bought tickets and watched as the three engineers bought only one ticket. "How are three people going to travel on only one ticket?" asked an accountant."Watch and you'll see", answered an engineer.

They all boarded the train. The accountants took their respective seats, but the three engineers all crammed into a rest room and closed the door behind them. Shortly after the train departed, the conductor came around collecting tickets. He knocked on the restroom door and said, "Ticket, please". The door opened just a crack and a single arm emerged with a ticket in hand. The conductor took it and moved on. The accountants saw this and agreed it was a quite clever idea.

So, after the conference, the accountants decide to copy the engineers on the return trip and save some money (being clever with money, and all that). When they got to the station, they bought a single ticket for the return trip. To their astonishment, the engineers didn't buy a ticket at all. "How are you going to ride without a ticket"? said one perplexed accountant."Watch and you'll see", answered an engineer. When they boarded the train, the three accountants crammed into a restroom and the three engineers crammed into another one nearby. The train departed. Shortly afterward, one of the engineers left his restroom and walked over to the restroom where the accountants were hiding.

He knocked on the door and said, "Ticket, please".
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Nobel Prize
Herolal is driving down the Delhi-Amritsar highway, when he spots Bhola standing in the middle of a huge field of grass. He pulls the car over to the side of the road and notices that Bhola is just standing there, doing nothing, looking at nothing.
Herolal gets out of the car, walks all the way out to Bhola and asks him, "Excuse me, what are you doing?"

Bhola replies, "I'm trying to win a Nobel Prize."
"How?" asks Herolal, puzzled.
"Well I heard they give the Noble Prize to people who are out standing in their field."

[Pal]

Check out this exhaustive collection of Free Friendship Day SMS! The collection includes inspirational and funny SMS messages which you may share with your best friends. Send these friendly text messages to your friends to greet them a Happy Friendship Day and express your love for them.


Illumination
A single candle can illuminate an entire room. A true friend lights up an entire lifetime. Thanks for the bright lights of ur friendship.
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Sweet SMS
A friend is sweet when it is new. And it is sweeter when it is true. But you know what? It is sweetest when it is u.
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Coin
A coin is easy to earn, a friend is hard to find. The coin depreciates but a friend appreciates. I lost a coin when I smsed u, but it's okay because I got u.
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Open My Heart
If you open my heart, guess what u r gonna see? It's U. True friends are hard to find so I kept u.
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A Friend
What is a friend? She looks out 4 u, inspires u, laughs with u, cries with u, understands u, guides u and walks with u. That's what a friend is... u.
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How Long
How long shall v b friends? Do u want a clue? As long as stars twinkle in the sky, till the water runs dry & till the day I die. We will b friends.
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Cares
I might run out of cute graphics to send u, but I'll never run out of this: care 4 u.
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Friends
A friend is a push when you have stopped, a chat when u r lonely, a guide when u r searching, a smile when u r sad, a song when u r glad.
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I'll B There 4 U
When ur down, I'll be there to cheer u up. When ur tired, I'll be there to lift u up. I'll be ur friend no matter what!
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Mango
Friends are like mango... you'll never know which is sweet and which is not. Well I'm lucky coz I was able to find the sweetest mango in U!
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Always in My Heart
Time & distance are important between friends. When a friend is in ur heart, they remain there forever. I may be busy, but I assure u, u are always in my heart!
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I Won't
50 years from now, I'd be so old I might forget u. I might not remember ever knowing u, or might forget I once cared for u. I might.. but I won't.
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I Cherish You
Do u ever recall the first day we met? R first hello? The day we became friends? Well, I do and I will always remember. For that very day, I knew I'd cherish u.
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Nice To Remember
Some friends are remembered because of their smile. Some friends are remembered because of their style. But u are remembered because u r so nice to remember. Take care.
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As Long as I Live
I won't promise to be ur friend forever, coz I won't live that long. But let me be ur friend as long as I live.
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A Perfect Friend
I admit I'll never be the perfect friend. I'll never be there always. I may not make u smile at times but there is one thing I admit I could do. To be the person I could be for u.
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Thanks
Thank you for touching my life in ways u may never know. My riches do not lie in material wealth but in having friends like u - a precious gift from God!
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Never Lose True Friends
I always thought loving someone is the greatest feeling, but I realized that loving a friend is even better. We lose people we love, but v never lose true friends.
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I'll Cry With You
If one day u feel like crying, call me. I can't promise to make u laugh, but I'm willing to cry with u.
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One Friend
1 tree can start a forest, one smile can start a friendship. 1 touch can show u care, one friend can make life worth living 4.
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Diamonds
True friends are like Diamonds... they are real & rare. False friends r like leaves... they r scattered everywhere.
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If
If u need advice, text me... If u need a friend, call me... If u need me, come to me... If u need money... ........... THE SUBSCRIBER CANNOT BE REACHED!
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Like a Computer
A good friend is like a computer; me 'enter' ur life, 'save' u in my heart, 'format' ur problems, 'shift' u 2 opportunities & never 'delete' u from my memory!
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My Best Friends
I believe in angels, the kind that heaven sends. I'm surrounded by angels but I call them my best friends.
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Trust
We gain & lose things every day. But trust me on 1 thing: U WILL NEVER LOSE ME! I will always b there as a friend!
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True Friend
A true friend is someone who reaches for ur hand & touches ur heart.

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Ring is Rund
A ring is round & has no end.... & that's how long I'll be ur friend.
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Friendship Between Us
A friend is never a coincidence in ur life, they r meant to enter ur life to bring u joy & laughter. So, i will treasure the friendship between us.
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Stars
Friends r like stars. u can't always see them, But u know they are always there 4 you...
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Older & Better
Never abandon old friends. They r hard 2 replace. Friendships is like wine: it gets BETTER as it grows OLDER. Just like us... i get BETTER, u get OLDER.
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ME
Handsome, Sweet, Intelligent, Spontaneous, Good Looking, Nice Friends, Charming, Funny, well... Enough about ME! How about u?
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1st step
If U need a friend and there are a hundred steps between us, u can take the 1st step to get near me and i will take all 99 step to be there for u.
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Rules
6 rules to be HAPPY: Free ur heart from hatred; Free ur mind from worries; Live simply; Expect less; Give more & Always have ME as UR FRIEND
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Dear Friends
Side by side or miles apart, dear friends r always close 2 the heart.
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Best Friend
A best friend is somebody who knows every last thing about u, yet still manages to like u anyway.
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Tolerate
A true friend is one who overlooks ur failures and tolerates ur successes.
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Sun
Life without friendship is like the sky without sun.
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Books
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen.
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Encircle
The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.
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Friendship and a Rose
There is a big difference between friendship and a rose... Roses last only a while ... but friendship is for ever
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God's Angels
Wherever u go, whatever u do, may God's angels watch over u.
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Silver & Gold
Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver the other gold.
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I Miss My Friend
My girlfriend ran off with my best friend after a relationship of 4 years....Oh how I miss my friend.
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Lack of Friendship
Not the lack of love, but the lack of friendship makes marriages unhappy.
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Feel Best
Feel good when somebody Miss u. Feel better when somebody Loves u. But feel best when somebody never 4gets us.
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Chocolate
If u r a chocolate ur the sweetest, if u r a Teddy Bear u r the most huggable, If u r a Star u r the Brightest, and since u r my “FRIEND” u r the “BEST”!!!!!!!!!
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I'm Your Friend
If you are in trouble, If you need a hand, Just call my number, because I'm ur friend!
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The Best is U
There r many stars but the moon is u, there are many friends but the best is u,, To forget me that’s up to u,,, To forget u I will never ever do.
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Wish U Were Here
On a silent night when friend r few, i close my eyes and think of u, a silent nite, a silent tear, a silent wish, dat u were here!
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Friendship Has No End
Stars have 5ends, squares have4 ends, triangles have3 ends, lines have2 ends, life has1 end, but i hope r friendship has no end.
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Sometimes
Sometimes, I forget to say hi,
Sometimes, I even miss to reply,
Sometimes, my msg doesn't reach u,
But, it doesn't mean that I forget u,
I’m just giving u time to miss me!
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[Danfe]

My advance wishes for upcomming Happy Friendship day to everyone as well.



Happy friendship day

[lovely]

ye dosti hum nahi chodenge!happy frenship day to u n the meembers of XM.

[lovely]

2 cups of patience, 1 heart full of love, 2 handful of generosity, 2 cups of loyalty, 1 cup of understanding, A dash of laughter. Mix all ingredients well. Sprinkle generously over a lifetime and serve everyone you meet.

Friendship helps to bring peace and positivity to the globe, another great reason to celebrate! Although our friends certainly deserve thanks on more than just one day in the year, what better day to honor them than Friendship Day!!
"happy frienship day".yaroon dosti ......yeee dosti hum nai chodenge.......

[Ramri]

happy frienship day to you all