A friend provides companionship and guidance, caring for you like family and helping in difficult times. A friend understands your past, believes in your future, and accepts you. Friendship is difficult to form but easy to break, like a cake that is difficult to rejoin once cut. A true friend is there to help in times of need. Good friends are hard to find, leave, and forget, though their support remains even from a distance. Maintaining friendship requires understanding and avoiding losing it over small issues.