" It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can be stupid with them"
"I may drop even those undermost garments of dissimulation, courtesy, and second thought.."
" A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere."
An "Emmersonian Friend" is someone who can be sincere, caring, and trustworthy. There is no such thing as a perfect friend because the truth is, no one is perfect. The element that makes a friendship perfect is based on the bond that friends share. The better friends know each other the stronger the bond gets, and the harder it becomes to break it.
When i arrived to soccer practice, I couldn't help to laugh at myself. I tried acting sincere, caring and insigtful. I failed because it turned out to be a lot harder than I thought. At times I would try but I would be interupted by a stupid comment one of my friends would make and it would break my concentration. Even though it was hard and i couldnt exacly follow the gidelines, I realized, that a true friendship could not be acted out, and for this reason was the experiment difficlut. If the situation presents iself I know my friends can be counted on, wether they use their humor to cheer me up, or simply give me advice.
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The fact that someone risked being stupid with you demonstrates a quality of an emersonian friend in you. I'd imagine that it would be hard to act sincere because soccer is all about being aggressive and taking the ball away. True friendship according to Emerson may not be easily achieved, but you're opinion of true friendship I'm guessing has been achieved with your soccer friends.
I totally agree with Alfredo... the friend acting to be stupid with you was funny though. Sucks that you failed though... I mean it is hard i understand and thats where we take Emerson for what he says too easily.
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