FRIENDS FOR EVER
A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity. (Proverbs 17:17, NIV).
We may seem to have everything the world offers — wealth, power, pleasure, fame — yet, behind the facade, tension and misery flourish. It’s even possible that the cause of this tension and misery is precisely the wealth and pleasure that people strive so hard for. As an Egyptian proverb notes: Better is bread with a happy heart than wealth with vexation. — Miriam Lichtheim, Instructions, Ancient Egyptian Literature: A Book of Readings, vol. II, p. 156. According to the book of Proverbs, the first step to solve this problem is to recognize what our priorities are: peaceful relationships are more important than wealth (Prov. 17:1). What counts is not so much what we have, but who we are within ourselves. The advice that follows will help in restoring this priority and lead us toward an inner peace (shalom in the Hebrew) that will add to our happiness.
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