Welcome to the second cardmarking. Now that you have lived through the first cardmarking I hope that you have gotten a grasp on my expectations and how to succeed in the classroom. You will continue to work hard but each and everyone of you is capable of achieving success if you want to work for it. I continue to be willing to do my part to help you if you ask for it.
So today, I went to a funeral of someone who was very close to me; you could say like a second grandfather. It got me thinking about friendship and if we truly value it when we are supposed to. So with that said, please respond to the following quote:
"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
- Charles Caleb Colton
When responding, feel free to talk about your friendships both positive and negative and how they impact you.
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Im sorry to hear about that mr. Kay. I Think what he is saying that when you have something always you dont miss it untill its gone. Like sound health if you always have it you dont care then once you get sick you miss it. This is a great quote to someone who says the hate there parents. You say that but once there gone you miss them very much. So that is my response to that qutoe. Hope to see you tommmrow kay.
"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
- Charles Caleb Colton
I think that this is saying that we take our frerndship forgrated sometimes and you dont really realize what you have untill you have lost it. Im really sorry to hear about you friend. My friendship have been rocky at times but i know that no matter what we go though they will always be there for me in the end. Friend fight and make up all the time. Some friend go but you always make new ones. I think eveyone needs a friend. So when you see someone that needs one think about how you would feel if you didnt have a friend to be there for you when you needed one most.
-Miranda Adams
I'm sorry to hear about your loss Mr. Kay. I have had to live through this quote many times. I generally take all of my friends for granted, until I stop and think about how much I value them. I began to get a better insight on friendship when I had one of my closest friends move away a while back. I got an even better sense of clarification when I had a good friend of mine die about 6 months ago. It's kind of depressing to think that I'll be disconnected from a lot of my friends after high school also. These experiences made me realize that I have to cherish the friends and the people around me while I can.
"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
- Charles Caleb Colton
I think that he is saying we don't take friendships as serously as we should. If you didnt have that person, would you have some else? I have a few buds that I dont know what I would do without. They are like family. I repsect them. We've done some pretty stupid stuff, but who hasn't? I never fight with them. We just argue because one of us thinks were right and one of us ends up being right and thats that. I agree with Dan that it is depressing that we will be disconnected with alot of our friends from high school.
"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
- Charles Caleb Colton
I agree with this quote. You don't think about your health until you get sick. And you don't value a friendship until your not friends with that person anymore. Having a friendship with somebody is very important. One reason is just so you have someone to talk to about stuff. The second reason is so when something bad happens you always have that person backing you up. This quote makes me think about how I treat my friends sometimes, which is not always good. I wouldn't want to hear about something bad happening to one of my friends. This is why it is important to value your friendships.
"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
- Charles Caleb Colton
This quote to me means that friendship is extremely valuable, and you have to hold it so close to your heart and don't let it slip away. It is not just the people that are so speciel, but more important the friendships you hold with those people and building them stronger because one day they coulg be gone. Many times we treat our closest friends, and the closest people to our hearts the worst, because it's easier for us to do that because we know they will always love us no matter how much you hurt them. One of my best friends who lives in Oregon, who I grew up with my whole life and then moved here is a great example of this quote. I didn't ever imagine daily life without her because I was with her so much, until I had to leave. Now i talk to her still at least once a week and see her every summer as if nothing has ever changed between us. But that could have been very different if I didn't realize that friendship was so important and she could have been gone forever. So always treat your truest and closest friends to your heart the best, because they are the ones most important to you and you never know when they could be gone and out of your life forever..
"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
- Charles Caleb Colton
i think that Charles is saying that friendship is good to have. people take friendship for granted. you should treat your friends like family. it's kind of like when i do something for my friends they do stuff for me. it's always good to know that someone has your back. that's what good friends do. when you get in trouble they will be there to help.
"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
- Charles Caleb Colton
i think this is trying to say dont take a friend for granted. live every day to the fullest and have no regrets. because befor you kno it, that person could be gawn for ever. and you cant take any thing back. i think people in this world today take every thing we have for granted way to much. i belive that we as Americans take way to much for granted and dont appreaciate a lot that we have. i kinda just wong that one :P
Frendship is a very good thing to have these days. What the quote ment is that nice to have a good frienship until it has come to an end. It is a very hard thing to overcome when a friend ship ends. Friendships are one main thing to happiness in the world today a person is miserable without friends. Good friendships are hard to come by these days. So if frienship is lost it is like losing your health.
"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
- Charles Caleb Colton
friendship brings with it many things. foremost is joy, ecstasy, happiness, call it what you must, but satisfaction of all. without relationships, and friends, we wouldn't really be human in my opinion. friendships give you the satisfaction, gratitude, and respect that a person needs to move on in life. yeah, i guess making money, doing work, and being good at some activity can be good for you. but if it wasnt for relationships everything would mean nothing. everything is relative, and you do things to please other people. not for yourself. and if it wasnt for this social gratification, there would be no need for relationships. so basically, what i believe i am trying to say, is without relationships, we would have nothing in life.
I'm sorry to hear that. I think that "true friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost." is saying that you don't know someone is as close to you as you think until they are gone. I think that everyone needs a friend at all times. When you think you see someone who doesn't have a friend, you should try to become friends with them. I need to cherish my friends and family more than I do currently. I realized that after my boyfriend went off to college and I only get to see him once a month instead of three to four times a week. It makes me realize how important he really is to me.
I think the quote is saying that you dont know what you got till its gone. I think its meaning that your have many important people in your life that you care about and are a big part of your life, but you dont realize that importance until you loose them. Its saying that you shouldnt take your friendships for granted because they can be taken from you at any second. Its always good to have close people like that and you should always be thankful for them and appreciate them as much as you can. I have lost and gained many friendships in my life time and i havent appreciated them as much as i should have and didnt realize how important they were to me until they were gone. I know that after a while i will loose some friendships especially after highschool, so im going to not take them for granted now and really try to appreciate everything i have.
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost
This quote was a little difficult to figure out but i think i might have an understanding. I believe that it is talking how you truley don't know what you have until it is taking away. You can sometimes not realize how important your friends have an impact on your life. My friends will always have my back and i am very greatful for that. I can always count on them and i am thankful to have them! This quote has a lot to do with this understanding. It refurse it to health because you can be so greatful for it until it's gone.
I am very sorry for your loss Mr.Kay.
Stephen Manvydas
Like many above i to feel sorry for you. I personally have not lost anyone close to me so i dont know what its like. I agree with this quote very much. most people do not pay attention to how great their friendship is until its no longer there directly in comparission with your health. as with health you do not check on it unless somthing is wrong or not feeling right, same with friendships. Friendships gives you someone to talk to and have fun with, but if you dont treat each other with respect you may loose them, im not too sure but loosing and organ because of ignorin it doesnt seem worth it, so why do it to a friend.
sorry to hear that mr. kay :/...
To me, this quote means that true and lasting friendship is something to value and keep dear to you, for you never know what may happen. Friends come and go, but true friends are far and few, and need to be held onto no matter how hard it may be at times. People change, so sometimes it is hard to maintain a friendship that was once their, but I believe that if it is a great friend they will be there with you through everything. I have had many friends lost, which makes me sad now, but I know everything happens for a reason that I may not know now but in my future. I think God puts certian people into our lives and exactly the right times so they can teach us something. Friends are the joy and spark in live, they make you feel alive and make life worth living. I don't know where I would be right now without the best friends that have stuck it out with me throughout an extremely rough year,so far. As I was going through a lot of unimagionably hard situations, I learned who my real friends were. They were the one's who offered a sholder to cry on, a good laugh, and some real advice. I also had to realize who couldn't be there for me and didn't comprehend that I really needed them to be there. Though, through everything, every single day I am grateful for the friends that stand by me today. I am proud to say that my friends and I really are aware of how short life is, and live it and our friendship to the fullest.
-rachel dueloooo.=]
What I think he is trying to say in his quote is that. You really don't know what you have untill it is gone. Haveing a friendship with someone is good to have. Everyone needs a friend to talk too or to just hang out with. Friends will be there for you no matter what because they are your friends and they have your back. So it is good to have friends. Some times we take our friends forgranted and we don't even it know it. Untill we need them.
This quote is very true. In life, people dont realize how important the people around them are. Once they are gone, then you really feel bad. Not only for their death, but for how you treated them at times. You really have to cherish your friends and family because their life could be taken at any moment. Once the friendship is gone, you feel something missing. You may never forget it for the rest of your life.
i miss really sorry mr. kay my condonlences for you and his family. i believe this quote is saying that we take advantage of friendship way to much and that once you get into that one fight or that big move or hatever and you loose them your in for a rude awakening. friendship is one of the most important things you need to survive. some people get so used to haveing good friends that they dont notice how good they are anymore and start to notice the bad things more. i think that more people should take the time ut of thier day to recognize how good their friends are to them and thank them. i have had many good friendships and some not so good but as time went on ive learned many things. the two most important being that true friends will stand beside you. and two that its better to h ave good friends and not very many thn to have lots of bad friends. so that my take on todays topic and once again my condolences go out to you, your family, and his family as well
Tom Hall
Tom Hall
Cody Dykes
"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
- Charles Caleb Colton
KEEP YOUR BROS CLOSE. You can't take friends for granted is what this is saying. When you lose everything your friends will always be there for you. Your lack of being with your friends will result in the lost of something good. Your friends should always come first to me. Iv lost alot of friends because i did not treat them the way i should have and took them for granted.
"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
- Charles Caleb Colton
It's an unfortunate fact that we take so much for granted and don't expect to miss anything until we can no longer have it. Perhaps, in our case, that's magnified slightly by our materialism. If you break it, lose it, or don't want it anymore, you can simply pop over to Wal-Mart or the Apple Store and buy another one. This, maybe, we carry over to people and we don't suspect that when they're gone, we don't get them back, we can't buy another one, we can't replace them. So little in this world do we view as irreplaceable as other humans, yet, nothing else do we take more for granted.
Is this the antithesis of humanity? Our materialistic, selfish greed? Perhaps. Perhaps, we sometimes realize just how much others we know mean to us when it's too late. How ironic it is that we love someone most when we don't have them anymore. Or, is there no more cruel joke than that fact? I can think of very little that rivals in any way, parallel or not to the ultimate irony of our being as that.
Why is it, that we as humans are subject to this irony? Does it correlate to the perceptual blindness theory that states we can't see something in front of us when we are preoccupied. Thus, are we so preoccupied with the present as to be blind to the future? Or are we so preoccupied with ourselves as to be blind to the plight of others?
My own friendships have taught me that time with those who I hold close is limited. It saddened me when my neighbor's mother died in a drunk driving incident. I considered her my surrogate mother when I went to visit them. I miss her dearly, yet what saddens be more is that I missed many opportunities to enjoy her personality while she was alive. Her entire household would invite me on trips with them, none of which I attended for fear of being intrusive. Now, however, I realize that perhaps they wouldn't have asked if they truly didn't want me to come. I miss Agnes Dregely and regret all that I did not say to her, all that I haven't shared with her and all the jokes we didn't tell each other.
Our lives are hollow without the empathy and the presence of others, yet we value it so little until we don't have it. Any who say they do, are most likely lying. No one realizes how good they have it. I didn't, and I spend every day henceforth regretting it.
"The irony of man's condition is that the deepest need is to be free of the anxiety of death and annihilation; but it is life itself which awakens it, and so we must shrink from being fully alive."
- Ernest Becker
"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
- Charles Caleb Colton
It took we awhile to understand this quote but now i understand, a friendship seems like veryday life and so natural until its gone. friends do come and go and just recently my best friend moved to wyoming because of her step dads job and the thing is for the last month she was here i didnt spend anytime with her and just spent time with my boyfriend Aaron, im sure your asking me why i did this and i did this because in my eyes it would make it easier for when she did leave. in my eyes to separate yourself from something and not get attached is a better way to not get hurt, but then i thought why didnt i just spend as much time with her as possible? life, love, and friendship is weird and you need to learn just how to deal with it. everyone acts upon friendship more differently and thats just how i choose to do things for that situation and to be honest i regret it.
-Im sorry to hear about your lose by the way
Love,
Lynsey
"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
I believe this is a true and also a sad statement. Most people you are friends with over your life you believe as someone who has been nice to you and helped you through your roughest times. During your friendship you fail to realize what it would be like without them till somthing happens. It hits you like a brick falling from sky then you realize they are gone and you take a step back and realize what all they did for you. There is a very good song I would recomend listening to that goes along with this blog post it is all Dont Know What You Got( till its gone) by Cinderella...its a very sad song I must say but it has given me a good prospective on life. I also want to say I am sorry to hear about the funeral and hope that everything is okay.
Scott Roteman
Sorry about all these late posts Marc. I'm working on getting a new computer, so I apologize.
"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
- Charles Caleb Colton
This quote brings to mind my 'philosophy' (if you will) that friends are temporary. Think; how many high school friends do you think you will remain in contact with after graduation? Sure, we all vow and promise to keep in touch, but do we ever follow through with it? Rarely. I do not think that true friends are those that will remain with you until 'the end', but rather friends that will remain with you until they no longer can be it due to distance or some other limiting factor. Over the past three years of high school, I have considered many a person my best friend, but each of those best friends of mine back then are no longer best friends with me (and this is why I very much dislike change; I befriend someone for who they are, not who they will be, however I accept it as it is a fact of life). Hell, for fifteen of my seventeen years of life I had remained best friends with two brothers: David MacDonald and Michael MacDonald. Their mom and my mom were the best before I was born, therefore I became best friends with Dave and Mike immediately. But, after fifteen years of the most incredible brotherhood that three people can share, we stopped talking. It shattered me, and it shatters me. Over the Summer, I was fortunate enough to rekindle a bond with them after I spent a full week at their house in June. And it was one of the best times of my Summer, but after I left we again stopped contacting each other and I'm back to the square root of the problem.
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