Good Choices

In choosing a friend, go up a step.

The Talmud
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Hello Sandy
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Did you ever wonder what it would be like to put all of your friends in one room together? Would they get along with each other? Or would you be the only thing they have in common?

I have fantasized that if I ever struck it rich, I mean multimillion dollar rich, I would rent an island somewhere with a nice hotel and a beach and invite all my friends to a big month long party, I love them so much.

I have a very diverse group of friends. A few are actors (naturally, since I've spent so many years in show business) but the rest are not. A few are artists. The rest are not. Some are scientists. The rest are not. A few are musicians. The rest are not. One is a writer, one a nurse, one a broadcaster. The rest are not. And so on. Furthermore, some of them now live way out west. The others don't.

So I wonder, if the great golden ring were to drop onto my plate and I held such a party, if they would all get along with each other? Would the writer and one of the actors have a disagreement about the theory of art? Would the scientists feel out of place? Would the broadcaster and the nurse get into a spat about politics? Would there be affairs, misunderstandings, jealousies, broken hearts? I would hope not but I can foresee it happening. My friends are sensitive, interesting, vital, thinking people and the one sure thing I can say about them is that in choosing them I went up a step. And the one sure thing I can say about my former friends is that I didn't and neither did they. So be careful where you step.

DB - The Vagabond
Never give up.
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