TIM BROWN & ANDRÉ JERMAINE

FRIENDSHIP

Tim Brown and André Jermaine graced the cover of the vol. 12 of our printed edition. We are pleased to feature their editorial "Friendship".

Friendships: Enrich your life and improve your health.

Discover how to promote and maintainhealthy friendships.

By Mayo Clinic Staff

Understand the importance of friendships in your life and what you can do to develop and nurture friendships.  While it's good to cultivate a diverse network of friends and acquaintances, you also want to nurture a few truly close friends who will be there for you through thick and thin.  Quality counts more than quantity.

To nurture your friendships:

• Be kind. This most-basic behavior remains the core of successful, adult relationships. Think of friendship as an emotional bank account. Every act of kindness and every expression of gratitude are deposits into this account, while criticism and negativity draw down the account.
• Listen up. Ask what's going on in your friends' lives. Let the other person know you are paying close attention through eye contact, body language and occasional brief comments such as, "That sounds fun." When friends share details of hard times or difficult experiences, be empathetic, but don't give advice unless your friends ask for it.

• Open up. Build intimacy with your friends by opening up about yourself.Being willing to disclose personal experiences and concerns shows that yourfriend holds a special place in your life, and deepens your connection.
• Show that you can be trusted. Being responsible, reliable and dependable is key to formingstrong friendships. Keep your engagements and arrive on time. Follow through oncommitments you've made to your friends. When your friends share confidentialinformation, keep it private.

Investing time in strengthening your friendships can pay off in better health and a brighter outlook for years to come!

Thegreatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it. Hubert H. Humphrey

Thereis nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship. Thomas Aquinas

Letus be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners whomake our souls blossom. Marcel Proust

Theonly way to have a friend is to be one. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Aman's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth. Charles Darwin

Atrue friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success! DougLarson

Friendship is one mind in two bodies. Mencius

Friendshipimproves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and thedividing of our grief. Marcus Tullius Cicero

Ifyou have one true friend you have more than your share. Thomas Fuller

 In everyone's life, at some time, our innerfire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another humanbeing. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the innerspirit. Albert Schweitzer

Afriend is a gift you give yourself. Robert Louis Stevenson

Friendshipis always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity. Khalil Gibran

Falsefriendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but truefriendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports. RichardBurton

My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me. Henry Ford

Beslow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.Socrates

Friendshipis a wildly underrated medication. Anna Deavere Smith

“Keepaway from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always dothat, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.”–Mark Twain

“Friendshipis the only cement that will ever hold the world together.”– Woodrow T. Wilson

“Trulygreat friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.”–Unknown

“Agood friend is a connection to life — a tie to the past, a road to the future,the key to sanity in a totally insane world.“ – Lois Wyse

“A friend is someone who makes it easy to believe in yourself.”– Heidi Wills

“Friendshipis always a sweet responsibility, never an opportunity.”– Khalil Gibran

“Afriend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been,accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.”– WilliamShakespeare

“I value the friend who for me finds timeon his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult hiscalendar.”– Robert Brault

“Things are never quite as scary when youhave a best friend.”– Bill Watterson

“If you have two friends in your lifetime,you’re lucky. If you have one good friend, you’re more than lucky.”– S.E.Hinton

“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”– Ralph Waldo Emerson

Model: TIM BROWN @Timbrownatl
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Model: ANDRE' JERMAINE @Wildone3000
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Photographer: PARIS STEWARD @Talltowerphotography
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Shirt: @Missionclothing
Shirt: @Connaisseurparis

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