The ABC's of Friendship

Saw this posted on my friend WALKING_WONDER's blog and couldn't help but pass it along.

It's amazing to me how many of the people I thought were truly my friends, but yet at their first opportunity are whispering about me in the office, bad-mouthing me or just don't bother to keep in touch whatsoever. I don't need people like that in my life.

We can all work to be better friends in life, myself included :)

A friend...

(A)ccepts you as you are
(B)elieves in "you"
(C)alls you just to say "HI"
(D)oesn't give up on you
(E)nvisions the whole of you (even the unfinished parts)
(F)orgives your mistakes
(G)ives unconditionally
(H)elps you
(I)nvites you over
(J)ust "be" with you
(K)eeps you close at heart
(L)oves you for who you are
(M)akes a difference in your life
(N)ever Judges
(O)ffer support
(P)icks you up
(Q)uiets your fears
(R)aises your spirits
(S)ays nice things about you
(T)ells you the truth when you need to hear it
(U)nderstands you
(V)alues you
(W)alks beside you
(X)-plains thing you don't understand
(Y)ells when you won't listen and
(Z)aps you back to reality