Let's celebrate our friends and friendship.
Quinto Agnew once said that you'll see the true friends when you are in need.
Roberto Venini thinks that it's not true that you can see your friend only when you are in need because you always see a friend.
Many people agree that there's a difference between true friends,
Friends,
Acquaintances and strangers.
No matter what,
Today we're going to celebrate the true concept of friendship,
The way you define friendship.
We'll start with some deep breaths and we'll let our body relax step by step.
We're going to listen to our breath,
We're going to feel the fresh air running through our nostrils and the warm air getting out of them.
Let's focus on our breathing,
Let's take a very deep breath,
We're going to keep it inside our body for a few seconds and then slowly we're going to let it go.
Let's start visualizing a friend,
Somebody that you consider a friend,
Somebody that you feel so connected,
Somebody that you really love and care.
We can even think about some moments that we spend together in order to be ready to thank this special person for all he or she is,
For all that he or she has done.
Let's keep reading and let's try to get our visualization clearer in order for us to get feeling of joy and appreciation.
I'm going to leave you some few moments alone in order to reflect on the things that you and this person has shared and then after that we're going to finish some sentences together in order to thank this special person.
Thank you.
I'm back.
So as I said before,
We're going to finish up these sentences together.
My dear friend,
I want to thank you because on that day you.
.
.
My dear friend,
I want to tell you that I really appreciate you as a person because.
.
.
My dear friend,
I wish that.
.
.
Now we can even think about another special person in our life.
I'm going to leave you for a few moments.
During this time you can try to finish the same sentences that we just worked on or some similar sentences.
The idea is that you're going to celebrate this special person.
You're going to express gratitude and appreciation for him or for her.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
I'm back.
We're going to take three deep breaths together.
I'm going to guide you in these breathing sessions.
I will count for you.
Then inhale.
Then we're going to hold for a few seconds and then we're going to exhale.
Let's try to do the inhalation and exhalation as slow as possible.
We'll count to four,
Then five,
And then six.
One,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Hold.
One,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Exhale.
One,
Two,
Three,
Four.
Now we're going to move to five.
Count one,
Two,
Three,
Four,
Five.
Hold two,
Three,
Four,
Five.
Exhale two,
Three,
Four,
Five.
This is going to be the last one,
Six.
Two,
Three,
Four,
Five,
Six.
Hold two,
Three,
Four,
Five,
Six.
Exhale two,
Three,
Four,
Five,
Six.
Now we're going to take a very deep breath and exhale.
We're going to put it out through the mouth and we're going to make a very big sound.
I'm going to leave you with two last sayings.
One is an African proverb that says,
Sometimes it's good to shake the tree of friendship in order to make the rotten fruits fall.
And then another sentence from Chichiro,
Which says,
Those who deny friendship from their life,
They deny the sun from the world.
Thank you so much for taking part to this meditation,
Celebrating friendship.
If you want,
You can even write on your journal your thoughts.
The reasons why you wanted to appreciate and thank the special or those special people in your life.
You can even decide to write a message,
A letter,
A pass card to this special person.
I wish you a very beautiful day,
Even your night.
Namaste.
You.
