Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
-Albert Camus
If I were more laconic in nature and I were to provide a compendium on friendship, this would be it. In other words, please don't judge your friends for the way that they are or seem to be. Don't try too hard to understand them or to relate; Just give your silent friendship and in return you will have their eternal allegiance and constancy of character. Unfortunately we are often asked to give more than God has graced us with the capacity to give; to justify actions or to provide reason-to sacrifice more than which with we are endowed. Please refrain from requiring of your friends that which they are unable to give...just walk beside them.
