What is a friend? I will tell you.
It is a person with whom you dare to be yourself. Your soul can be naked with him. He seems to ask of you to put on nothing, only to be what you are. He does not ant you to be better or worse. When you are with him you feel as a prisoner feels who has been declared innocent. You do not have to be on your guard. You can say what you think, so long as it is genuinely you. He understands those contradictions in your nature that lead others to misjudge you. With him you breathe freely. You can avow your little vanities and envies and hates and vicious sparks, your meannesses and absurdities and, in opening them up to him, they are lost, dissolved on the white ocean of his loyalty. He understands. You do not have to be careful. You can abuse him, neglect him, tolerate him. Best of all, you can keep still with him. It makes no matter. He likes you - he is like the fire that purges to the bone. He understands, he understands. You can weep with him, sin with him, laugh with him, pray with him. Through it all - and underneath - he sees, knows, and loves you. A friend? What is a friend? Just one, I repeat, with whom you dare to be yourself.
C Raymand Beran
2 comments:
I had a friend like that once.
I hope you don't mind me leaving my favourite friend poem? :-)
A friend is
Someone who cares about you,
Someone who likes you just the way you are.
A friend is
Someone who does things with you,
Someone who keeps your secrets.
A friend is
Someone who sometimes gets angry with you,
Someone who might hurt your feelings sometimes
even when they don’t mean to.
A friend is
Someone who comforts you when you’re sad,
Someone who laughs with you when you’re happy.
A friend is
Someone who wants to be with you,
Someone who enjoys your company.
A friend is
Someone you’ll remember always
Even when they grow up and move away.
A friend is
Someone who is loyal and says good things about you,
Someone who gets mad if someone else is mean to you.
A friend is
A link to someone’s humanity like food for the soul to share,
Someone to hold onto when life’s follies bring despair.
A friend is
F-frank, R-righteous, I-intrepid, E-earnest, N-noble, D-decent
A friend is a friend—always!
(By Jeanette Cooper)
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