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Yes, I have a friend who's had a very hard life, but you wouldn't know it to see her. She's always cheerful, and it's uplifting just to be around her. She's always made the best out of whatever she did have. She survived hard financial times and illnesses, yet would always share whatever she had with her friends and family. She raised her children with gentle guidance. Her husband was very lucky to have found her. I'm lucky to have her as a friend.

I think there are way to many people just like your friend. What hurts the most is when people don't see themselves for the wonderful person that they are and are self destructive. Do you know anyone like that?

I have a friend that inspires me, as well as always saying nice things about me, and being an encourager to me.She really has accomplished a lot. She has parented, foster parented, and adopted. She is bipolar disordered and is now an educator for her peers. Like I said, she always has something to say to lift me up.

Yes i do have a friend like that and her name happens to be the same as my name..hehee She's a great person! Ive never had a friend so loving, giving and caring like her. She's someone I can turn to when things arent going that great and I always know that she will pray for me. Although we dont get to see each other much as I would like to, I still think of her often and hope that she's doing great. I love this friend of mine dearly! =]

I too have a friend who is a sweetheart...and my goodness she has more energy than I do and she's going to be 76 years "young" When I was going through rough times, especially with my mother years ago, I used to hang out at her place just to get some "uplifting" positive vibes...her apt. has positive vibes, she's lively and positive...it was and is such a breath of fresh air to be with her...anyway...I often kidded her, but in a way I was serious...I said I sure wish you had been my mother...LOL...and asked her would she adopt me. Vi, does have a very healthy self-esteem and I think she knows she is a good influence in people's lives--especially mine.

With the parenting site I haunt, there are many great parents there that don't see how great they really are. All part of parenting sometimes, you do tend to lose yourself along the way. I know that up until about a year ago, I saw myself as a bad mother, and then life kind of took a slide for the worse. I was left on my own with 3 little kids and was heavily pregnant again!!! Lived in a caravan, no car, and no footpaths to the shops, about 5kms away and mostly hilly as well. This experience, and the praise from people around me, showed me that I really was doing a great job, not as good as some, but better than I thought I was doing (hey, I'm not superwoman!!!!!) and now, I still think that I do a brilliant job as a mother. My happy family says it all. It is about making someone really believe they are great by just telling them every opportunity you get, even if it makes that person cry (as I did) to hear it, because hearing you are a great person alot does make you believe it!

Hi Ambie the Person themselves will never see it that way as it is just their Personality so it is nothing special to them like it is to an outsider All my Friends are wonderful they all have their special Ways and personality I class you as a brave Person, how you deal with things and how you cope Sweetie Hugs

I also have a friend, one that I net and we have been friends since 1979, for many years I lived a 1000 miles away from her, but she was always there with the birthday cards and christmas cards. Now I am back with in a 20-30 minute drive from her and we see each other all the time. She is always looking to do what she can for someone else, and never thinking what it will do to her. Ayear ago she leant her car to her daughter to get to work, cause hers was broke and her son in law is a low life that refuses to work or even fix the car so his wife can get to work, after a year the daughter still has it, and my friend who makes very little at her job, takes a cab to work every day and back home again. Which takes what little money she has extra for the thngs she needs we have all been on her to go get her car, once the son in law sees he has to do something to get his wife to work he will fix the car, but all she can say is my daughter needs it. It makes me so mad to see her boyfriend she has had for many years make fun of her because of her lack of education. I try my hardest to let her know whe is such a sweety and that no matter what anyone says she is the greatest person on earth.

Yes.....and when I try to tell her.....well she doesn't believe me! But I keep on trying! I think when they have had a tough life it's hard to accept other people's compliments. We are lucky to have such friends.

I think we all have friends like that but we view ourselves differently to how people view us so they probably view themselves differently to how we see them too. It is lovely to be able to share all the positive attributes they have but it can sometimes embarrass them also. Your friend sounds like a very wonderful lady. Ellie :D

Well, as a matter of a fact I wish that my wife could see herself as others see her. She is kind and compassionate and always willing to help others but she sees herself as someone that doesn't contribute much. I tell her how wrong she is but she don't listen.

Yes, i also have a friend like that and I think it is good that we tell them often that they are great.