Friends Support Each Other

Supporting a friend is in large part the biggest role a friend plays in others lives.  Trust may bind, and hold a friendship together, but supporting a friend is the work involved in keeping a friendship strong.  The stronger a friend, the more support that friend has or will give.  As the book the describes, real friends are friends that are there for each other. Support is the essence of a friendship. This can be seen in the form of listening to a friends problems, good or bad. Reassuring and letting a friend know that you are always going to be there for them, through thick and thin.  I believe that the level of support within a friendship dictates the level, and depth of any relationship.  I have many friends but I do not feel I can go to just any friend with my problems, and know that no matter what the case is, I am not alone.  I found this to be extremely true in my life with my Dad. While my Dad is first and foremost my parent, but he is also my friend.  He not only supports me when I am asking for help, but also proactively seeks ways to help me.  I do not believe that someone has to be on a Father, Son, bases to proactively desire to support one another.  I feel that a true friend will have a desire to want to help his/her friend, and find ways to accomplish that.  I also have friends who will actively, in a loving way, ask how things are going in my life.  I have friends who not only ask out of curiosity, but out a heart to want to be of service to a friend. The very center of friendship is love, and love is an action not a feeling. Support is a way that we serve our friends, and in turn show love. Support within a friendship is the act of being selfless.