Friends

This is my opinion of what a friend should be:

A friend should be encouraging. They should always be encouraging you to be a better you, to try new things and expirience life.

A friend should be loving, they should accept you for who you are, no matter what. They should never try to change you into what they want you to be. (this is different from wanting you to be a better person, this is manipulating you to be someone false)

A friend should be independent. They should be able to think for themselves, and not depend on you for eveything.

A friend should be someone you can confide in. They should be someone you can trust with anything. You should be able to trust them not to tell anyone, unless its to help you (like if you're thinking about suicide or running away or something. a real friend will tell someone who can help, not just watch you go down).

A friend should be someone you can have fun with!! Someone you can totally relax and be yourself around.

A friend should take an intrest in your life, and the things that are important to you. They dont have to love it, or even like it, but they should be willing to try something new if its important to you. And you never know, you might be surprised and find out you like something you never thought yo would. i know i did!!

The friend i've just described is perfect. No one is perfect, so all i'm saying is that we all should try to be this kind of friend. i'm trying, even tho i know i'll fail sometimes. But i know my friends will forgive me when i fall, and help me back up. They're just awesome like that! =D

i've been looking for friends like this for a long time, and i've found some. It's an amazing group of kids!! They accept me for me. They dont judge me on what i used to be like, or who i was with. They encourage me to be myself, and to be independent. i can tell them anything, we can talk for hours and still have so much to say. Or we can be quite together and it isnt awkward, its just quiet, and thats ok! i love them so much and i'm so glad they reached out to me. i never would have tried to become part of their group, if they hadn't been so welcoming to me. Because of them, i'm free to be whoever i want to be, and i still have friends!! A new concept for me. i pray i will be as good a friend to them as they are to me.