its easy to say what a good friend should be like, but to actually be a good friend is a something harder. Anybody can blurt out the characteristics they feel a good friend should have but unfortunately everyone can't be one.I have experienced a couple of different situations in the past 2 months that have made me realize that most good friends don't even recognize when they are being good friends because it is apart of them to be one. They show up even when you don't ask them and they stay even though you ask them to leave. Being a good friend is a lifestyle not something you just do every once in a while. A friend once told me that in order to move forward with your life successfully you have be able to forgive people even when they do you wrong. She told me that you learn the characteristics of that person and you hold that with  you knowing to never trust, rely, or give in to that person again; however, that doesn't mean you have to transgress into a "queen" lol to get your point across. People show their true colors and when they show you who they really are...believe them. At first when i heard this i didnt agree with her but as it settled on me i realized that only a genuine person would make statement the crazy. I can't say that she is wrong because she is definitely a good person but it just bothers me to see all these people take advantage of others who give all they have in effort to make things easy on you. I can't stand to hear people  talk about someone not being a good friend when they can't be there for the ones they call friends. ... But at the end of they day...as my good friend told me...you keep your friends close and your enemies and always do the best you can to be the best you can