You Haven't Lost Real Friends, Love ~Just the False Ones

Marisa, since the day you were born, I’ve tried to show you what it means to be true to yourself.

So why would you ever accept anything less from a friend? A true friend mirrors that same truth back to you. They would never offer you anything less than what they know your heart deserves.

True friends understand because they see through the same heart lens. When someone sees the world as your heart does and truly understands you, that creates a rare and sacred bond.

True friends are trustworthy not just because they care, but because they understand that trust isn’t easily earned. With a true friend, trust is possible, even likely, because where there is faith, there is space for a relationship to grow, to bloom, to become unshakable.

True friends are honest—with their feelings, with their words, and with their actions. Real friendship deepens through honesty. Doing and saying what is right, even when it's hard, and standing firmly against what is wrong that's what separates a real friend from the rest. There are very few people in this world we can be completely straightforward with. A true friend is one of them.

True friends are loyal. They stand beside you, not behind whispers. They don’t let others sway their hearts with rumors or mishaps because they know deep in their soul that your loyalty matches theirs. And above all, faith is the strongest force in this world. Because doubt will always exist. But without faith, fear takes root. And when you live in fear, you live in lack. In emptiness. In silence.

So tell me this, Marisa... Have you really lost any true friends after all?

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Written for my daughter April 29, 2010 when she was almost 13 years old. :)