What is the purpose of friendship?
"A friend is a person who is for you always…he wants nothing from you except that you be yourself. He is the one being with whom you can feel safe. With him you can utter your heart, its badness and its goodness. Like the shade of a great tree in the noonday heat is a friend…he is the Antidote to Despair, the Elixir of Hope, the Tonic for Depression."
-Just Good Friends-
Here’s a nice poem also derived from the book “Just Good Friends?”…
Will you be my friend?
There are so many reasons why you never should
I’m sometimes sullen, often shy, acutely sensitive
My fear erupts as anger. I find it hard to give
I talk about myself when I’m afraid
And often spend a day without anything to say
But I will make you laugh
And love you quite a bit
And hold you when you’re sad
Will you be my friend?
A friend
Who far beyond the feebleness of any vow or tie
Will touch the secret place
Where I am really I…
And if at times, I show my trembling side
The anxious, fearful part I hide
I wonder
Will you be my friend?
-James Kavanaugh-
