to teach and to learn

I have been blessed with a handful of extraordinary friends and teachers. They are really one and the same, friends and teachers. A truly effective teacher must also be a friend, and a true friend effectively becomes also a teacher. When two human beings earn each other's trust, which is the foundation of the pure love in friendship, then they are truly able to teach and learn from each other. Trust, love, teaching, and learning: these, I believe, are essential ingredients in the recipe for a successful, happy, fulfilling life on Earth. God has provided my mixing bowl with a few heaping tablespoons of each.