What is a friend?
Sometimes I wonder what the true meaning of the word "friend" is. I know what I have come to see and understand in friendship. I know I need friends to make my life feel more complete. I never have totally understood how to be a good friend to someone. I always eventually feel inadequate. I never feel like I give as much as I should give or as much as that person has given to me. So what do I do?
I have had several "friends" over the years that have given up on me and set me on a shelf. I always wonder what happened. Is there something I do to sabotage my friendships? I wonder. It is never explained to me and I am left guessing. It makes me afraid to open up and enjoy other friendships and get too attached for fear that that person will decide that they have tired of me (or whatever).
I believe friends will be there for each other. I believe that friends will be honest with each other. I believe friends forgive. I believe friends can have different opinions about many issues. I believe friends share their lives with each other. I believe friends will tell you if you have a booger on your nose or a pimple that needs to be burst. I believe life is too short to not have good friends around you all the time.
So I will try to be a good friend and I will come down off my shelf and enter the world of friends.
Peace
