Know you what a true friend is? Seriously? Do you know? Can you tell, out of the either handful of exclusive friends or the scores of acquaintances you have which ones are your true friends? I can. Here's how...
Have a fight with one of your friends. Call each other names. Say the meanest things you can think of. Send awful text messages and hurtful words. Threaten to never speak to them again and then...call them the next day and ask them how they're doing. Talk to that friend for hours and mention how much they are missed. Let him/her know just how much you are looking forward to seeing their face and holding them close.
If that friend doesn't even notice that little hiccup of friendly banter; that speed bump in the cordial road friends usually take, then you have a true friend in that person. Friendship isn't defined in how well you get along with someone you're compatible with but how well you get along with someone that you constantly clash ideals, motives, emotions, etc., with on a daily or weekly basis.
Sometimes they'll drive you nuts but you wouldn't have it any other way. I know I wouldn't. God has seen fit to bless me with a few of these friends. Moreover, I just now realized, once again, just how lucky I am for that.
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