A friend is not the one who flatters you with praise, but rather the one who is brave enough to tell you your faults. The word friend in Arabic (sadeeq), is derived from sidq, which means truthfulness. Your friend is the one who is sincere, even with what you don’t want to hear.
@_mjoonchild @et_ark "Grief, I’ve learned, is really just love. It’s all the love you want to give but cannot. All of that unspent love gathers up in the corners of your eyes, the lump in your throat, & in that hollow part of your chest. Grief is just love with no place to go." —Jamie Anderson