Once upon a time there lived two friends. But these were really friends. They did everything for each other. One of the friends was very naive, with a pure heart, in short, a kind soul. The other was very cunning, also a kind soul, but he knew much more about life than his friend.
Somehow it turned out that the cunning one got into trouble, became bankrupt and all that. He comes to his naive friend and asks him for help and money, respectively.
The naive gives him everything he has. Then, after a while, the naive begins to date a girl and plans to get married. The cunning one comes to him and says:
- I really like your bride, give her to me.
The naive man thinks for a long time, but he gives him his bride (accordingly, the wedding is annulled). And he remains naive without a bride.
Again, after some time, this time the naive one is left without a job. He comes to his friend's factory and asks him for a job. And he, in turn, refuses to give him a job. The naive is very upset by the situation, he did not expect this from himself close friend. Offended, he leaves him. After this, friends stop communicating.
One day, while walking in the park, a sick-looking old man approaches a naive man and asks him for money for medicine and a doctor. Naive takes him to the hospital and helps him as best he can. But, despite his help, the old man dies. And then it turns out that the old man is very rich and left him his entire fortune as an inheritance.
A naive friend buys a mansion opposite his factory ex-friend. On the one hand, he is interested in how his friend is doing, and on the other hand, he has resentment in his soul.
After some time, someone knocks on the naive man’s door. Opening it, he sees on the threshold an adult woman, who asks him for some food. He treats her to whatever he can, and then invites her to stay with him, look after the house, and cook for him.
One day a woman says to him:
- It's time for you to get married.
The naive man's thoughts are a thing of the past, but he says that he does not have a girlfriend and it is very difficult for him to find one that he would like. The woman says that she has a girl in mind and introduces them. The naive guy really likes the girl. And they decide to get married. The wedding is organized and invitations are sent. And at this moment the naive remembers his former friend.
Although he is offended by him, he still decides to invite him to his wedding. At a wedding, a naive man stands up and makes a speech:
- I once had a friend, I loved him very much, I did everything for him, I never refused him.
Once he had money problems, I gave him everything I had. Once he liked my bride, I gave her to him too. And then I got into trouble. And he didn’t even give me a job. This is how life is.
Then his cunning friend stands up and says:
- I once had a friend. He did everything for me. But he was very naive. He didn't understand people.
One day I got into trouble and he gave me all the money he had. And then he was getting ready to get married, I found out that his bride was a prostitute, I asked my friend for her, I didn’t like her, I just wanted them not to get married. Then he got into trouble, he asked me for a job, but I didn’t want my friend to work under my superiors, so I refused him. My father was sick, he was dying, I sent my father to him so that he asked my friend for medicine, and made sure that my father left his entire inheritance to my friend. Then I sent my mother to him so that she would look after him, since I was not sure that he could do it alone, and that the girl he would marry would be his faithful wife.
A friend is one soul living in two bodies.
Aristotle
“Tell me who your friend is, and I will tell you who you are,” says folk wisdom. The choice of friends can say much more about a person than anything else. After all, we, as a rule, choose people who are very similar to us as friends. It was, is and will probably always be so. Despite the fact that in life we communicate with tens and hundreds of people, only a few remain on the list of true friends, but those with whom we really feel good and comfortable, with whom it is always interesting and reliable, who will extend a hand to Hard time and will share pain and joy with us... Examples of true friendship can be found among politicians, businessmen, artists, and representatives of show business.
Empress Catherine the Great and Ekaterina Dashkova
The friendship between these famous women with namesakes contributed to the history of Russia. Empress Catherine, under whom the Russian Empire reached economic and cultural prosperity, was born in Prussia and in her youth was married to the heir to the Russian throne, Peter III. Catherine came to power after a palace coup in 1762. The empress's associate was her friend - also Catherine, Princess Dashkova, who from a young age was interested in politics and was able to convince the Russian aristocracy that the Prussian princess was more worthy of the throne than the heir to the throne.
The friends were superbly educated and had similar literary tastes. However, relations between Catherine were not always cloudless. For example, Princess Dashkova was dissatisfied with the personnel decisions of the queen and her favorites. Moreover, she had the courage to show it. At the same time, Princess Dashkova was very devoted to the empress. After living for years in Europe, where her son studied, Dashkova returned to Russia. The Empress did not forget her old friend and appointed Dashkova director of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (under the presidency of Count K. G. Razumovsky). So Ekaterina Dashkova became the first woman in the world to run the Academy of Sciences.
Anna German and Anna Kachalina
Anna German was called the “white angel of Polish song.” And she herself is more 
resembled an angel than an earthly woman - tall, thin, with long blond hair, spread over the shoulders... Anna German's star rose in 1964, at a competition in Sopot, when the singer received two prizes at once - both in an international competition and in a Polish song show. After this there were tours to the USSR, where Anna German gave 60 concerts.
Perhaps the singer would not have become so famous among us if it were not for her acquaintance with the music editor of the Melodiya studio, Anna Kachalina, thanks to whom Melodiya released the singer’s first record. So a friendship began between the two Annas.
The Melodiya studio workers called them “Anya Light” and “Anya Dark”. Kachalina helped Herman select songs in Russian and generally contributed to her work. As a result, it turned out that in the Soviet Union Anna German was released on records more often than in Poland. That is why many Poles considered Anna a Russian singer.
Star girlfriends
Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts 
Nicole Kidman and Naomi Watts have a lot in common. Firstly, their historical homeland - both come from Australia. Together they went to screen tests, together they began to pave the thorny path to Hollywood. Best friends are in no way inferior to each other. Both girls can boast of bright roles in films, ideal appearance, strong and courageous character. Nicole was always there and supported her friend, especially when Naomi broke up with Heath Ledger and was very worried about this. Miss Kidman, in turn, also had a hard time at times. When she was on the verge of breaking up with Tom Cruise, the girl was also reassured by a friend.
Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek
Many fans of these crazy adventurers also best friends– Salma Hayek and Penelope Cruz – wonder: what connects these two Hollywood film stars? Salma Hayek is a Catholic, and Cruz is a convinced Buddhist, but this, perhaps, is where the list of differences between them ends. Everything they do is done according to the laws of true friendship: identical fears arise, and sometimes even simultaneous desires. Maybe that’s why the joint parties that girlfriends throw from time to time are so noisy and lively.
The celebrity friends are so close that Salma appointed Cruz as her... executor. One day, before flying to London, Salma called her friend from the airport and began dictating her will. At first, Penelope thought that Salma was pranking her, but when she realized the seriousness of the situation, she became agitated. Everything turned out well, both then laughed at the situation when Hayek visited a fortune teller and she predicted her imminent death. “You are very impressionable, Salma!” - Penelope told her friend. - “You shouldn’t let strangers determine your destiny. Define it yourself!”
There are many examples of true friendship among star men.
Konstantin Khabensky and Mikhail Porechenkov 
Konstantin Khabensky and Mikhail Porechenkov are not only colleagues, but also great friends. Moreover, their friendship began since their student years. They moved together from St. Petersburg to Moscow and moved to the Moscow Art Theater. Chekhov. And they always, especially in difficult times, support each other.
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Ben
Affleck and Matt Damon have been friends since childhood. They lived nearby, two blocks from each other, went to screen tests together, appeared in film extras together, hoping for something more, but to no avail. For a while, their paths diverged: Damon entered Harvard, and Affleck, who had entered the University of Vermont, dropped out and went to Hollywood. However, success came to the friends when they reunited. They decided to write the script for themselves. This is how the film “Good Will Hunting” appeared, which was a huge success and was nominated for an Oscar. So for Ben and Matt, who received for best scenario“Oscar” and “Golden Globe”, the road to big cinema was opened.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire 
The friendship between Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire began in 1993 on the set of the film “This Boy's Life,” thanks to which both stars first announced themselves to the world. They also starred together in the films “Roseanne”, “Don's Plum Cafe”, “The Great Gatsby”. By the way, friends also like to spend vacations together.
Cherish your friendship, take care of it!
Based on materials from http://www.kleo.ru, http://lady.tut.by, http://www.raut.ru.
This is the story about true friendship, which is not afraid of any hardships or obstacles. And also about the strength of spirit of a person who did not break under the weight of illness, but decided to live life to the fullest and realize his dreams. And he succeeded. You will find out who we are talking about by looking at the photo report about two best friends.
1. Two Americans, Patrick Gray and Justin Skeesuck, have been inseparable friends since childhood and they can always count on each other. (Photo: I’ll Push You/illpushyou.com).
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When Justin found out about his terrible illness, which forever put him in wheelchair, his friend Patrick was nearby. (Photo: I’ll Push You/illpushyou.com).
3.
The progressive autoimmune disease paralyzes Justin more and more every month. His muscles stop working. This would have broken many people, but not Justin. This is a person with exceptional fortitude who does not give in so easily. (Photo: I’ll Push You/illpushyou.com).
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When Justil saw documentary about the famous Way of St. James in Spain, he felt that he had to go through it. He knew that he could not make the pilgrimage alone, and his wife would not help him here, so he turned to his best friend Patrick for help. “I will push you,” Patrick responded to the request. They called their project “I’ll Push You”. (Photo: I’ll Push You/illpushyou.com).
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They raised money for their 800-kilometer journey through a fundraising campaign on a website called illpushyou.com. They also decided that during the pilgrimage they would film a documentary about their “adventures.” (Photo: I’ll Push You/illpushyou.com).
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At first everyone dissuaded them. They told them: “You won’t succeed. This is madness!". But the two friends succeeded - on July 7, 2014, after 34 days of a grueling 800-kilometer journey on foot along deserted roads in northern Spain, they arrived at the cathedral in Santiago. (Photo: I’ll Push You/illpushyou.com).
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On their way, Justin and Patrick met many other pilgrims. They were all very surprised by the persistence and tenacity of the two friends. (Photo: I’ll Push You/illpushyou.com).
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Patrick had to alternate between pushing and pulling the wheelchair with Justin, while also carrying a backpack with everything he needed on his back. They walked the whole way. In some places they were forced to ask other pilgrims for help, for example, when climbing El Cebrero. However, no difficulties prevented them from reaching their goal. (Photo: I’ll Push You/illpushyou.com).
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Disabled traveler - that's what Justin calls himself. Travel is his passion. And even now, when he himself cannot move, he continues to travel around the world. And he has his own mission - he helps other people with disabilities overcome their daily challenges and find your passion in life. He urges those who love to travel not to give in and advises them on how to do so safely and successfully. (Photo: I’ll Push You/illpushyou.com).
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During the pilgrimage, the friends filmed a documentary about their adventures, which will be completed in next year. (Photo: I’ll Push You/illpushyou.com).
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Do you think that these two, after an 800-kilometer journey, will stop there? Not at all. Friends are already planning a new joint expedition. Perhaps they will go to Africa. But first they want to realize another of Justin's dreams - scuba diving. I think people like Patrick and Justin can do it. (Photo: I’ll Push You/illpushyou.com).
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Wheelchair-bound Justin and his best friend Patrick made a pilgrimage along one of the most famous routes in the world - the famous Way of St. James in Spain. Many did not believe that they would succeed. But they believed in it, and it helped them overcome all the difficulties along the way. (Photo: I’ll Push You/illpushyou.com).
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When they were asked: what is the purpose of your project, what message does it convey to other people, they answered: “It is not restrictions that should determine your life, but only what we do in spite of them. You can overcome all difficulties thanks to your perseverance and perseverance. However, sometimes in order to achieve the desired goal, it is necessary to ask for help from others. You just need to learn to trust - and then it starts to work like magic.” (Photo: I’ll Push You/illpushyou.com).
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Never spill water since childhood. (Photo: I’ll Push You/illpushyou.com).
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Dreams Come True. Only for this you need to do at least something. Justin and Patrick had to do a lot. 34 days walking along an 800 km road: one in a wheelchair, the other walking, pushing and carrying a heavy load. And so they reached the goal of their journey - they came to the shrine of Santiago de Compostela. (Photo: I’ll Push You/illpushyou.com).
The dog was old. Even by human standards, the number of years he had lived looked very respectable, but for a dog such a figure seemed simply unthinkable.
But the dog continued to live, although every day it became more and more difficult to walk, and breathing became more and more difficult.
He spent most of the day lying on his rug in the large room. In the mornings, when the adults were getting ready for work and the owner’s daughter was running off to school, the grandmother would take the dog outside, but the dog did not like to walk with her. He was waiting for Lena (that was the name of the owner's daughter) to return from school and take him to the yard.
The dog was very young when a small creature appeared in the house, immediately turning all attention to itself. Later the dog found out that this creature was a child, a girl. And from then on they were taken for walks together. First, Lena was taken out in a stroller, then little man began to take the first hesitant steps, holding on to the dog's collar, later they began to walk together, and woe to the bully who would risk offending his little mistress!
A lot of time has passed since then... Lena has grown up, the boys who once pulled her pigtails have become young men looking at pretty girl, next to which a huge dog walked slowly.
He especially looked forward to the evening walk. In the summer, he liked to watch the sun hide behind the gray boxes of high-rise buildings and the coolness of the evening replace the heat of the day. In winter, the dog could spend a long time admiring the black sky, as if made of soft velvet, across which someone had scattered colorful sparkles of stars. What was the old dog thinking about at these moments, why did he sometimes sigh so noisily? Who knows...
Now it was autumn, it was already getting dark outside the window and a quiet, dull rain was falling. The dog, together with Lena, was walking its usual route when the dog’s sensitive ear caught an unusual sound. The sound was very weak and for some reason alarming. The dog looked back at Lena - the girl did not notice the sound. Then the dog, as quickly as his heavy body would allow, rushed into the thicket of bushes, trying to find... What? He did not know. In his entire long life, he had never encountered such a sound. He almost didn’t hear Lena calling him in fear... He searched and found it. The little wet lump opened its tiny pink mouth in a silent scream. Kitty. An ordinary gray kitten, who only saw this world for the first time a week ago, was suffocating from a rope noose tied around his neck. His front paws helplessly clutched at the air, while his hind paws barely reached the ground.
The dog, with one movement of his powerful jaws, chewed through the branch on which the kitten was suspended. He flopped down in the wet grass, not even trying to get up. Carefully, so as not to crush the little body, the dog took it by the scruff of the neck and carried it out to Lena.
What kind of rubbish are you... - Lena began and stopped short. She groaned quietly and picked up the small, trembling lump. I tried to remove the noose, but the wet rope wouldn’t budge.
- Home! - Lena commanded and, without waiting for the dog, she ran to the entrance.
The kitten survived. For three days I lay flat, not reacting to the fuss around me. He only squeaked pitifully when a large bearded man with the strange nickname “Veterinarian” gave injections with a thin long needle. On the fourth day, seeing the syringe, the kitten crawled under the sofa, which caused great excitement among people. And a week later, a mischievous and absolutely healthy cat child was jumping around the apartment. Moderately hooligan and disobedient. But as soon as the dog growled slightly or even looked menacingly at the mischief-maker, the kitten immediately became a model of obedience.
And the dog became weaker every day. It was as if he had given a piece of his life to a rescued kitten. And one day the dog couldn’t get up from his bed. The veterinarian was called again, he examined the dog and threw up his hands. People talked about something for a long time, Lena cried quietly... Then the glass clinked, the veterinarian began to approach the dog, hiding his hands behind his back. And suddenly he stopped, as if a wall had grown in front of him.
But it was only a small gray kitten. Arching his back and raising his tail, he hissed for the first time in his life, driving away something incomprehensible, but very scary, from the dog. The kitten was very afraid of the person with the syringe. But something forced him to drive the veterinarian away from the dog...
The veterinarian stood there, looking into the cat’s eyes full of horror. He stepped back and turned to Lena:
- He won't let you in. Remove the kitten...
- No.
“Lena,” the owner exclaimed, “why torture the dog?”
- No. Let it ride. No injections...
The veterinarian looked at the kitten, then at the tearful Lena, again at the kitten... And he left. People went about their business, the apartment was empty. Only grandma was busy in the kitchen, occasionally sobbing and whispering something incomprehensible.
The dog was dozing on the mat, resting his huge head on his paws and closing his eyes. But I didn't sleep. He listened to the breathing of the kitten, who was sleeping carefree, comfortably nestled under his side. I listened and tried to understand how this small, weak animal managed to drive away a large and strong man.
And the kitten was sleeping, and he dreamed that the dog was again in danger, but again and again he drove away the enemy. And while he, the kitten, is nearby, no one will dare to take his friend.
Don't miss the witty, wise and instructive parables about friendship. Each of them is a priceless pearl of original or folk art. And each one will make you smile and think about the value of true friendship.
Read short parables about friendship and devotion to end. I promise you won't regret a single minute spent!
Nails
An instructive parable about friendship for children. A short story about an angry boy and his father will tell you how important it is to control your anger and not offend your friends.
Once upon a time there was a boy with a terrible character. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him to hammer a nail into the garden fence every time he lost his temper and quarreled with someone. On the first day the boy hammered 37 nails. Over the next weeks he tried to hold back, and the number of nails hammered decreased day by day. It turned out that holding back is easier than hammering nails...
Finally the day came when the boy did not hammer a single nail into the fence. Then he went to his father and told about it. And his father told him to pull out one nail from the fence for every day that he did not lose patience.
Days passed after days, and finally the boy was able to tell his father that he had pulled out all the nails from the fence. The father brought his son to the fence and said:
My son, you behaved well, but look at these holes in the fence. She will never be the same again. When you argue with someone and say things that can hurt, you inflict a wound like this on the other person. You can stick a knife into a person and then pull him out, but the wound will still remain.
No matter how many times you ask for forgiveness, the wound will remain. A mental wound brings as much pain as a physical one. Friends are rare jewels, they bring you a smile and joy. They are ready to listen to you when you need it, they support you and open their hearts to you. Try not to hurt them...
Caesar and the doctor
The amazing parable about Caesar and his devoted doctor will once again remind you: never doubt your friends if your friendship has been tested over the years.
Caesar had the only person and friend whom he trusted: his doctor. Moreover, if he was sick, he took medicine only when the doctor personally gave it to him.
One day, Caesar was not feeling very well, he received an anonymous note: “Fear your closest friend, your doctor. He wants to poison you!” And after a while the doctor came and gave Caesar some medicine. Caesar gave the note he had received to his friend and, while he was reading, drank every drop of the medicinal mixture.
The doctor froze in horror:
Lord, how could you drink what I gave you after you read this?
To which Caesar answered him:
It's better to die than to doubt your friend!
How many friends does a person need?
How many friends do you think you need to have to feel happy? One, two, or maybe several dozen? An interesting parable about friendship from Boris Krumer will aptly answer this rhetorical question and help dot the i's.
The student came to the Teacher and asked him:
Master, how many friends should a person have - one or many?
“It’s very simple,” the Teacher answered, “pluck me that red apple from the very top branch.”
The student raised his head and answered:
But it hangs very high, Teacher! I can't get it.
Call a friend, let him help you,” answered the Master.
The student called another student and stood on his shoulders.
“I still can’t get it, Teacher,” said the distressed student.
Don't you have any friends anymore? - the Teacher grinned.
The student called more friends, who, groaning, began to climb on each other’s shoulders and backs, trying to build a living pyramid. But the apple hung too high, the pyramid crumbled, and the student was never able to pick the coveted apple.
Then the teacher called him over:
Well, do you understand how many friends a person needs?
I understand, teacher,” said the student, rubbing his bruised side, “a lot - so that together we can solve any problem.”
Yes,” answered the Master, shaking his head sadly, “really, you need a lot of friends.” So that among all this gathering of gymnasts there would be at least one smart person who would think of bringing a ladder!
Most valuable
Have you ever wondered, dear friend, what is most valuable in life? You will find the answer in the following parable about friendship. I'm sure he won't disappoint you.
One person in childhood was very friendly with an old neighbor.
But time passed, college and hobbies appeared, then work and personal life. The young man was busy every minute, and he had no time to remember the past, or even to be with his loved ones.
One day he found out that his neighbor had died - and suddenly remembered: the old man taught him a lot, trying to replace the boy dead father. Feeling guilty, he came to the funeral.
In the evening, after the burial, the man entered the empty house of the deceased. Everything was the same as many years ago...
But the small golden box, in which, according to the old man, the most valuable thing for him was kept, disappeared from the table. Thinking that one of her few relatives had taken her, the man left the house.
However, two weeks later he received the package. Seeing his neighbor's name on it, the man shuddered and opened the box.
Inside was the same golden box. It contained a gold pocket watch with an engraving: “Thank you for the time you spent with me.”
And he realized that the most valuable thing for the old man was the time spent with his little friend.
Since then, the man tried to devote as much time as possible to his wife and son.
Life is not measured by the number of breaths. It is measured by the number of moments that make us hold our breath.
Time is running away from us every second. And it needs to be spent right now.
