Idea of a Friend

1. Someone who cares for you and someone you care for a lot .
2. Someone whose company is always sought after.
3. Someone who understands you (though there wud still be some dark corners inaccessible to him/her).
4. Someone who accepts you as you are (without bothering much about what others think of you).
5. Someone who always shows you the right path, whether you ask for advice or not.
6. Someone who has the healing power to handle you when you are disturbed, stressed or depressed.
7. Someone who would stand with you in your good and bad times.
8. Someone who would help you when you are in need. However this might not be a hard and first standard for determining the level of friendship as often a friend may simply not be in a state to help.
9. Someone you would wish to have closest relationship throughout life.
10. Someone whom you wish to see happy ever forever.
11. Someone whom you miss a lot whenever s/he is not around.
** Going by the above standards/postulates, it appears that a close homology exists between a friend and a family member.
**No doubt that this is the reason why often people feel to be in love with a friend of other sex. It is so difficult to distinguish between the two!!