I have been thinking about friendship a lot recently. My regrets always center around not treating my friends as well as they deserve. I’ve decided something th

I have been thinking about friendship a lot recently. My regrets always center around not treating my friends as well as they deserve. I’ve decided something that might be of help. Simply be the friend you would want. If someone doesn’t like me I wouldn’t want them to pretend. Not in a mean way, but in a clear way. There are 7 B people in the world. No loss of two of them don’t get along. If someone does like me I’d want them to remain steadfast and reliable. I’d want them to take a moment to think of me and do little things that show it. That’s the friend I’ve decided to try to be. It has simplified and clarified my life. There’s no fear of pretending because I’m not pretending. Somehow that alleviates the fear that others are pretending. There’s no fear people won’t support me when I need it because I embrace the role of unwavering support. When I express the behavior I want to see, I feel it reflected back. Maybe because I’m the one I spend the most time with and I’m becoming better company. I become the thing I want to see in this world. And there’s comfort in that.