Happy Holidays Everyone!

The holidays are here and it's a great time to catch up with friends near and far, a time to share news through those dreaded or beloved holiday letters, and a time to fret over the perfect gift for your mentor, co-worker, boss, special friend, or loved one, whether the gift is your homemade chocolate chip cookies, or something else. The holidays, a time to network, both personally and professionally, especially if you're looking for a new employment opportunity, and a time to reconnect with old friends and new. The holidays, such a special time to touch base, hang out and share a greeting or two. Speaking of sharing, recently I was invited to read one of my poems for a local holiday festival...it is titled On Friendship and I'd like to share it with you, Career Hub friends and readers, this holiday season; feel free to pass it along...

In this lifetime if we're lucky

we meet a dear and treasured friend

whom we can trust completely

from beginning to the end.

The kind of friend who doesn't judge us

for what we aren't or are

who always listens to our stories

no matter how bizarre.

A friend who's more concerned for others

than 'what's in it for me'

a friend who always understands

and brings out the best, you see.

Yes, what I've learned for sure is this

that friendship can be found

here and there and everywhere

if you pause to look around.

Yes, really very special friends

are such a cherished part of life

always there to share the good times

amidst the sorrow and the strife.

So in this holiday season

in all corners of the Earth

let us be more than ever mindful

of dear friendships and their worth.

Happy Holidays, everyone!

cross-posted at billiesucherblog