I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you;

I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me;

I love you not for closing your ears to the discords in me, but for adding to the music in me by worshipful listening;

You have done it without a touch, without a word, without a sign. You have done it just by being yourself.

Perhaps that is what being a friend means, after all.

~ Author Unknown