What you say vs. how you say it

[netpositive]

Friendship doubles our joy and divides our grief.
-Swedish proverb

Statement 1: I am comfortable in myself and I value my friends.
Statement 2: I value my friends and I am comfortable in myself.
Do you feel any difference?
Do you feel any different?
Do you believe any differently?

I believe there's a difference between a
pain in the heart and a pain in the neck.

I believe there's a difference between
education and a lecture.

I believe there's a difference between
honey and vinegar.

If you don't understand me or
think I should be different,
you don't understand me and
you're right, I am different.

And you know, if you think me childish, then
hey, I think I'll run along and play now.

In the sweetness of friendship
let there be laughter, and
sharing of pleasures.
-Kahlil Gibran