Friends are people with whom you are people you dare to be yourself.
Your soul can be naked with them
They ask you to put on nothing, only to be what you are,
They do not want you to be better or worse.
When you are with them, you feel like a prisoner feels who has been
declared innocent.
You do not have to be on your guard.
You can say what you think, as long as it is genuinely you.

Friends understand those contradictions in your nature,
That lead others to misjudge you.
With them you breathe freely.
You can avow your little vanities and envies and hates and vicious parks,
Your meanesses and absurdities, and in opening them up to friends,
They are lost dissolved on the white ocean of their loyalty.
Then understand, You do not have to be careful. You can abuse them,
neglect them, tolerate them
Best of all, you can keep still with them.
It does not matter. They like you. They understand.
You can weep with them, sing with them, laugh with them
Pray with them
Through it all, and underneath,
They see, know and love you.
What is a friend? Just one, I repeat, with whom you dare to be yourself.

"There are no such things as strangers.
Just friends that we have yet to meet. "

Author Unknown