What is a friend?

• Someone who cares about you and tries not to hurt your fragile feelings but tries to be kind to you even when believing that you have done something horrible to them in the past. A friend does not hang on to the past or future you but loves you now and accepts that you are real now and that you feel mental and physical pain and tries not to inflict mental or physical pain on you.

• In the present moment, a friend does not harm you and a friend is kind to you.

• Everyone you meet in the present moment can be a friend if you are kind to them and you don't harm them in the present moment. The past does not matter and the promises for the future does not matter. What matters is how you treat people and animals now. Treat everyone kindly and make everyone a friend.