wally, i swear! you write so easily and w/ so much freedom. i envy you.
take care gene
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wally Kairuz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2001 12:12 AM
Subject: happy friends' day njc
> it's friends' day in argentina.
>
> for all the cruelty and cynicism in my country, we worship friendship like
> nothing else. in our culture, friends come first, sometimes even before
> family, religion and ideas.
>
> we meet at sunset and we talk till sunrise, fueled only by coffee and an
> irrepressible urge to philosophize.
>
> we die for our friends. we stand against dictators and we defy traditions
> and authority for our friends. our sense of friendship is a mixture of all
> the different concepts of family, love and loyalty of the many cultures
that
> came to our country and stayed here.
>
> that's probably why we can be friends with everybody: we carry within us
the
> ability to empathize with an american expatriate, a russian writer, a
> japanese child, a jewish old lady, an english nanny.
>
> when we are children, our parents become concerned when we don't have
> friends. they want us to succeed, to do well at school, to choose a
career.
> but if we don't have friends, they feel that something essential is
missing
> in our souls. they are alarmed, they consult therapists and priests, they
> wonder.
>
> my friends are the only treasure i will regret leaving when i'm gone.
>
> even if it's only an argentine eccentricity, let me wish you a happy
> friends' day.
>
> you are my friends.
>
> wallyK
