You Know When You Have a Real Friend

YOU KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE A REAL FRIEND Friendship is a gift offered to a few. Some trample it to death. Some treat it very cruel. Some sell it for a dime that took a million to yield. Some trade it for a quarter that took a billion to build. To some, you're just a commodity they can easily barter; but a true friend gives you his life and his heart and soul for a starter. Friends love you as you are, and keep your secrets sacred. In youth, they light your star. They never will forsake you. In age, when adversity strikes, they're there before you ask. They never leave or desert you, for they have dropped their mask. They'll sit with you in the shadows, and bring you home again. Friends aren't trivial matters. You know when you have a real friend. Janet Marie Bingham