A few weeks back I wrote about the movie It’s A Wonderful Life, and on the last scene in that movie, George picks up Clarence’s book on Tom Sawyer and sees the inscription:

Dear George:
Remember no man is a failure who has friends.
Thanks for the wings!
Love
Clarence.

You truly are measured, not by how much money you have in your bank, but by the quality of your friends… So, just what is a friend? Here’s a list of criteria from A to Z =)

(A)ccepts you as you are
(B)elieves in “you”
(C)alls you just to say “HI”
(D)oesn’t give up on you
(E)nvisions the whole of you (even the unfinished parts)
(F)orgives your mistakes
(G)ives unconditionally
(H)elps you
(I)nvites you over
(J)ust “be” with you
(K)eeps you close at heart
(L)oves you for who you are
(M)akes a difference in your life
(N)ever Judges
(O)ffer support
(P)icks you up
(Q)uiets your fears
(R)aises your spirits
(S)ays nice things about you
(T)ells you the truth when you need to hear it
(U)nderstands you
(V)alues you
(W)alks beside you
(X)-plains thing you don’t understand
(Y)ells when you won’t listen and
(Z)aps you back to reality