Are You a Good Friend?
Are you a good friend? Are your friends good to you? Do you reach out to your friends when you’re stuck or feeling down?
Nowadays, people are increasingly sharing their emotions, feelings, or struggles on social media instead of calling their friends. Why is that? Because expressing those same feelings directly to someone can be much harder. If you have a true friend, you’ll never feel alone. There will come a time when only your friend can truly understand what you’re feeling—something you may not even be able to share with anyone else. When you’re alone, you pick up the phone and call your friend. If you can say, “I need you, and I feel alone,“ you are fortunate because that means you have a true friend.
I recently heard a story on a podcast that touched on the essence of friendship:
A friend’s father had recently passed away. Instead of calling him immediately, someone sent him a message:
“I understand what you’re going through because I lost my own mother at a young age. I won’t call you right now, but starting tomorrow, I will call you every day at 9:45 a.m. to check in. Of course, you don’t have to answer if you don’t feel like it, but I just want you to know I’m here for you.”
For the first few days, the grieving friend didn’t answer the calls. But eventually, he started picking up, and soon they were speaking daily at the same time. This small gesture showed that he wasn’t alone and that someone genuinely cared about him.
When I heard this story, I realized how meaningful it is to have a friend who truly cares. If you have such a person in your life, you’re one of the happiest people in the world. True friends remind us that we’re never truly alone.
Do we truly care for and love one another every day, as in the story above? Or have we become distant, allowing digital connections to replace real ones?
This brings us to the question: What is a friend?
A true friend is someone who stands by you in your darkest days. Someone who listens, cares, and makes an effort to be there for you, even when it’s hard.
How do you define friendship? And are you living up to that definition in your own relationships?
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