What is a Friend?

Friends, a photo by h.koppdelaney on Flickr.

"A friend is one who walks in when others walk out." ~ Walter Winchill

"A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one’s heart, chaff and grain together, knowing that the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping, and with the breath of kindness blow the rest away". ~ Unknown

"A friend is one with whom you are comfortable, to whom you are loyal, through whom you are blessed, and for whom you are grateful." ~ William Arthur Ward

"A friend is someone who is always there and will always, always care. A friend is a feeling of forever in the heart." ~ Unknown

"A friend is someone who understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you just the way you are." ~ Unknown

"Friends: people who know you well, but like you anyway." ~ Unknown

"What is a friend? I will tell you . . . . it is someone with whom you dare to be yourself." ~ Frank Crane

"My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me." ~ Henry Ford

"Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer."
~ Ed Cunningham

Friendships that Fade

* The Rose *, a photo by pareeerica on Flickr.

"True friendship is like a rose: we don’t realize its beauty until it fades."
~ Evelyn Loeb

I had a friend named Carol I treasured greatly fade out of my life. She moved away, moved on and out of my life, no longer communicating with me.

I'm sad that she faded away, but realize this is common in our fast paced society. I wish this wasn't so.