The Glory of Friendship

February 4, 2012June 27, 2013 MizMeliz

“The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers that someone else believes in him and is willing to trust him.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Artist, Life Coach, and Adventuress - Melissa Reyes blogs at http://MizMeliz.wordpress.com and is the author of "This is the Sound of My Soul. Be it by luck, inspiration, or perspiration, Melissa is grounded in her core beliefs and values. She has immense love in her heart and is willing to share it freely. Melissa offers the gifts that she has received in life: love, joy, grace, wisdom and insight. She hopes to inspire others and to continue to learn from others as she finds inspiration in the every day and experiences how extraordinary all of creation truly is on her journey through life. View all posts by MizMeliz

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A Woman Of Independent Means by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I read this book for the first time as a young girl and loved it. I was asked what inspired me to be a writer, and I thought about how I read a book once and never forgot it. I was pleased to love it just as much after reading it again thirty years later.
A Woman of Independent Means is a story told in a series of letters and correspondence over the lifespan of an average, yet brilliant, young American woman. It goes beyond a coming of age novel. Through her letters, we learn how to read Bess’ thoughts and we realize her inspiration and motivation as she navigates through life.
The coolest thing about rediscovering this book now is that there is an updated preface in new edition that Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey wrote in 1998. She was close to my age when her work was first published and she wrote it while raising her two small daughters. She says that “the traditional advice to writers is to ‘write what you know.’ I always amend that to ‘write what you can imagine knowing’.” I feel as though she is speaking directly to me and it is at this moment in my life that I needed to hear these words from the woman who first inspired me to write so long ago.
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