What does this Egyptian proverb mean to you?
I think this proverb states that when you are happy or otherwise joyful, it is multiplied and shared among your friends. Likewise, when you are troubled by sadness or hardship, that burden is divided and they help you carry it. That's what friends are for, no?
Oftentimes in our lives we're graced with happiness. A good grade on a test, a promotion at work, the birth of a son or daughter. We don't keep these things to ourselves- We spread our happiness and it transcends to others. These events in our lives are like tiny pebbles dropped into a pond. What starts out as something seemingly small expands and has a large impact on everything surounding it.
Just as we experience good times, we inevitably have to deal with the not so happy times. The death of a family member. A hard day at work or school. Even the smallest of trials seem huge when we have no one to aid us. When people die, usually at the funeral service many people attend to offer condolences and to grieve. Thus the grief that those closest to the person that died is lightened a little by others. That I think speaks a great deal about human nature. Our friends sustain us. They make the smallest victories and the greatest achievements all the more pleasurable, and the insignificant troubles and heart wrenching failures more bearable. Our friends make us endure; they are our source of support.
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