Friend... I’ve learned over the past 28 years that it’s a tricky word with many meanings. So what is the exact definition. Webster says a friend is... “a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection. A person who acts as a supporter of a cause, organization, or country by giving financial aid or help. A person who is not an enemy or who is on the same side. A familiar or helpful thing. (Often as a polite form of address or in ironic reference) an acquaintance or a stranger one comes across. Origin: Old English freond, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vriend and German Freund, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘to love,’ shared by free.”
So what does this mean. A friend can either be someone whom you know well, is on your side, a supporter, and someone whom loves you or then can simply be someone you come across or have met. I guess the big question is what really makes a friend to an individual. Everyone must decide for themselves what a friendship means to them and what kind of friend they are willing to be.
Me personally would give just about anything for my friends. If they ever need something, I would be there. Day or night, sun or snow, rain or shine, even if it inconvenienced me. If there’s anyway possible I would drop what I could and be there for them. It’s like the song “Find out who you’re friends are.”
"Run your car off the side of the road
Get stuck in a ditch way out in the middle of nowhere
Get yourself in a bind lose the shirt off your back
Need a floor need a couch need a bus fare
This is where the rubber meets the road
This is where the cream is gonna rise
This is what you really didn't know
This is where the truth don't lie
{Chorus}
You find out who you're friends are
Somebody's gonna drop everything
Run out and crank up their car
Hit the gas get their fast
Never stop to think 'what's in it for me' or 'it's way too far'
They just show on up with their big old heart
You find out who you're friends are
Everybody wants to slap your back
wants to shake your hand
when you're up on top of that mountain
But let one of those rocks give way then you slide back down look up
and see who's around then
This ain't where the road comes to an end
This ain't where the bandwagon stops
This is just one of those times when
Alot of folks jump off
{Chorus}
When the water's high
When the weather's not so fair
When the well runs dry
Who's gonna be there
{Chorus}"
To me that’s what a friend is. Someone you can trust to always have your back, and no matter what have you’re best interest at heart. I know I too have let friends down, I’m not perfect, I’m fully willing to admit that. But at least I know what a friendship means to me. I’m a loyal friend, and easy to become friends with, but if you aren’t one back I’m also easy to lose and hard to get back. If you don’t want to be my kind of friend and would rather suck the life out of me with your selfishness and egotism then go find someone else to befriend, I would rather not waste my time and energy on something that never was important to you anyway.
