Imagine a friend who believes in you and listens to your point of view
A friend who looks beyond your failures
A friend who is a doorway through the walls and the stalls and the pitfalls
A friend who also shares your quiet moods
A friend who, just like you, is striving to fulfill a dream
Imagine such a friend
And cares about the values you hold
Who looks forward to the times you are together
Who shares your sense of joy and humor
And takes the trouble to tell you
Just how much your friendship means.
And sees instead the courage with which you struggled
Who looks beyond your frailities and the shadows in your eyes
And sees instead the beauty in your soul.
That the world erects around you
Who doesn't let you down
Who walks in when the world walks out
And is always there when life demands more strength
Than you can muster.
Who sits with you on winter nights
And walks with you in silence
On a quiet somewhere in the country.
A dream so marvelous that you yourself are inspired to believe in it
A dream whose fulfillment will be such a thrill that you yourself
Will also feel fulfilled.
And then become that friend
To someone in your life.
---Unknown