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"A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked." - Bernard Meltzer.

Can we really be expected to categories 10 qualities a friend should have? Is it necessary that there should be certain qualities before someone is classed a friend?
True friendship is about trust and that simple five-letter word encompasses a whole realm of non-thinking attributes. To start labeling qualities is defining something we should see, a conscious judgment.

I have had many friends in my life, however that life has given me three very special friends; each is unique and has no comparison one on the other. One has had a bit of a questionable past, one has a military type background, and the other is a studious person. What each has in common is compassion for their fellow man with a Samaritan characteristic; each can be trusted and called upon no matter the situation or living standard.

As I answer this question and look back on past moments in life, I know how I accept people who have become a friend when I can phone them from the other side of the world at two in the morning to tell them my wife died and to sob my heart out to them for three hours. Which was unconsciously reciprocated 12 months earlier. How many qualities is that?

A friend is someone who reflects everything you do, who is in balance with your ideals and you with them no matter how diverse each is; who is there when you need them and they you no matter the time of day or what you maybe doing.

It is truly difficult to categories, for me anyway. A friend is someone without preconception, guidelines or a must fill a category first before becoming a friend. It is instinctive and is mostly a derivative of a situation or event, which attracts feeling, and senses of acceptance.

To conclude from the above, there should be some similarity of interests. Honesty, which is a forgone conclusion as without it how could one even find loyalty. A friend is also reliable and trustworthy, they put on no airs and a grace are totally themselves having respect for one another and most importantly of all is being able to listen. Two other components are feeling comfortable with them no matter the scene and social standing is never a problem.

Friendship however can never be classified, friendship, true friendship just is.

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