Friendship

What is being a friend? What are the boundaries, the parameters, the rules? I’ve been thinking about this a great deal recently as I watch from afar, even though I’m in the fishbowl, too. The feelings and emotions that connect two people can’t be measured quantitatively, nor should they be. People are connected by love, commitment, necessity, caring, truth, and a myriad of other things important and, perhaps meaningful only to them. A true friendship has no barriers because problems are resolved through action, not inaction. Needs, agendas, personal priorities are put on hold until the immediate crisis/issue is addressed. How we keep a balance in our relationship with our closest friends is not magic—it’s honest. I have learned that true friendship has no boundaries, no parameters, and definitely no rules.

Dr. Rick