Be a good Friend

Friends are loyal, trusting, kind, caring, supportive and honest.  The fact is,  it is not easy to be a good friend.  You have to put others before you.  You have to be an active listener.  You have to give more than you get and at times you have to give of yourself even when you believe you don't have anything left.  Because of these truisms, Real friends are hard to find because our nature is self-preservation first.  But like any relationship, when you find that balance of give and take, heartache and laughter, trust and honesty, the rewards makes everything effortless.  What do you feel makes a good friend.