I appreciate all my fans, on all occasions, everyday of my life. Its your presence & your loyalty that has given me great strength
Michael JacksonRead
To clink glasses of a freshly made, seasonal beer, preferably in a pub or garden, with friends and perhaps new acquaintances, is a ritual that makes every participant feel good. We may not rationalize this at the time, but it gives us a sense of place in our common community and our time in the tides of life on earth. This is a way to value beer and treat it with respect.
Interpretation
Sharing a drink with friends fosters a sense of community and appreciation for life's simple pleasures.
The quote emphasizes the joy and connection that comes from gathering with friends and new acquaintances over a freshly made beer. It highlights the importance of these moments, which may seem trivial at first, but actually play a significant role in creating a sense of belonging and community in our lives, while also encouraging a respectful appreciation for beer as a craft and a social connector.
In practice
During a wedding toast, I shared this quote to highlight the importance of enjoying the moment with loved ones.
I appreciate all my fans, on all occasions, everyday of my life. Its your presence & your loyalty that has given me great strength
Follow the Golden Rule. Be kind to your neighbors, love them as much as you would love yourself, do unto others.
I wasn't aware that the world thought I was so weird and bizarre. But when you grow up, like I did, in front of 100 million people since the age of 5, you're automatically different.
If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself, and make a change.
[about tabloid magazines] Just because you read it in a magazine or see it on a TV screen doesn't make it factual. To buy it is to feed it.
I love experienced people. I love people who are phenomenally talented. I love people who've worked so hard and been so courageous and are the leaders in their fields. For me to meet somebody like that and learn from them and share words with them -to me that's magic.
But sometimes it's like you just meet someone and you just know that you're totally connected, and this person is, like, your brother - or your sister. Even if they don't, like, recognize it, you feel it. And in a lot of ways it don't matter if they do or they don't see that for what it is - all you can do is put the feeling out there. That's your duty. Then you just wait and see what comes back to you. That's the deal.
When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is like the cold space between the planets. It is an air in which men perish utterly.
When true friends meet in adverse hour; 'Tis like a sunbeam through a shower. A watery way an instant seen, The darkly closing clouds between.
A light has dawned for me: I need companions, living ones, not dead companions and corpses which I carry with me wherever I wish. But I need living companions who follow me because they want to follow themselves- and who want to go where I want to go.
The Making of Friends Life is sweet because of the friends we have made And the things which in common we share; We want to live on, not because of ourselves, But because of the ones who would care. It's living and doing for somebody else On that all of life's splendor depends, And the joy of it all, when we count it all up, Is found in the making of friends.
Unless you make allowances for your friends foibles, you betray your own.
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