PHOTOS: ‘Bestest Bestest of Friends!

Posted on August 29, 2009 by Nancy Houser

“When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.

The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.” ~Henri Nouwen

So for those of you who have someone close who tells you it is “your choice” and “your decision” alone to decide on personal issues that affect where you are, thank your lucky stars for them as such friends are rare. Only through the “bestest bestest of friends” like them will you grow.

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Anjana, a two-and-a-half year-old chimpanzee, looks after his new best friend, a 21 day old white tiger cub, at T.I.G.E.R.S (The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species), in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things. ~Author Unknown

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Suryia the Orangutan and Roscoe the Blue Tick Hound are best of friends at the T.I.G.E.R.S sanctuary in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

Soul-mates are people who bring out the best in you. They are not perfect but are always perfect for you. ~Author Unknown

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Usually prey for these tawny owl chicks, this thrush has been accepted as their pal

A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out. ~Grace Pulpit

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Eight-month-old orphan elephant Themba, whose name means ‘hope’ in Xhosa, who has struck up a friendship with a sheep called Albert at the Shamwari Game Reserve in South Africa

The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch with, never saying a word, and walk away feeling like that was the best conversation you've had. ~Author Unknown

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Bea, a three-year-old giraffe, and Wilma, an ostrich, have become the best of friends at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, Florida