We all need a Friend

One thing that i have been thinking a lot about these past few weeks is how important people are in our lives.Not only people but good people and how its important to surround ourselves with people that make us happy and that make us want to be better. I have had the opportunity to get to know someone a little better everyday as we have helped each other out in our life challenges. It has helped me once again see the Lord in my life as he puts people in our paths to help us and for us to help them. This person is going through life changing experiences right now and I have felt a great love for her. When things got hard for her I felt that it was time to step up and be a good friend. I was a little hesitant at first because I did not want to be over bearing or push her away. I prayed to know what to do and how I could influence this amazing persons life for the better. It has been a good experience as we have chatted and been support systems for each other. She is a true blessing in my life and I hope that I to can be one in hers. As I reflect back on conversations with her and also conversations with other people I have come to realize what a true friend is and how I hope that I can be a true friend to those around me at all times. I want to live my life in a way that people know no matter what I love them and will always be a friend to them no matter the circumstance. So I decided to do a little research on friends and friendships and found a few things that have touched my heart FRIENDS
* Friends are special people. If you are a friend, it means you were chosen. You are not in someones life by happenstance, or by accident of birth. You're in someones life because he of she wants you there
* Every friend is a gift from God. Treat each of your friends as the gift he or she is.
*A true friend keeps secrets
*Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out but to see who cares enough to break them down. A true friend is the first one with a hammer.
* A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.
My challenge to myself is to let those around me know that i am here for them. That I am a true friend and that they may know that no matter what i love and care about them.