No doubt about it, life can be difficult. Try to make it on your own and you find out how difficult
and lonely life can be. You need someone to encourage and help in difficult times, someone you can talk to who listens without
really offering solutions, condemning or finding fault. You need someone who calls up and checks on you because they were
thinking of you. You need a friend.
Say you have many friends. If you do, you are one of the lucky exceptions. A friend is like
an oasis in the desert, a place of quiet and comfort, without threat of danger or surprise. With true friends you can let
down the force field that must be kept up at other times, with other people. With a friend, you can be you, without pretense,
without fear of judgement. That’s why a friend can tell you the truth, and you won’t be wandering through life
with your zipper down or your slip showing.
Like all things, there are rules. Give and it shall be given. Whatever you sow is what you reap.
You need a friend? Find someone in need and be a friend.
