"How would you define friendship?"
"With a genuine friend, I can be comfortable just being who I am. I know where I need to improve, I know the areas I need to grow in. I don't really need anybody to point those out. I know people whose very lives make me want to be a better me, but they don't come in trying to fix me. I ran across a line once that I think rings so true: 'A friend is always glad to see you and has no immediate plans for your improvement.'"
"With a genuine friend, I can be comfortable just being who I am. I know where I need to improve, I know the areas I need to grow in. I don't really need anybody to point those out. I know people whose very lives make me want to be a better me, but they don't come in trying to fix me. I ran across a line once that I think rings so true: 'A friend is always glad to see you and has no immediate plans for your improvement.'"
Terry Smith is the president of Coaching: Life Matters (also on Facebook) and the author of Delta Blues from Darkness to Light. Although he currently resides in Nashville, he spends several days out of each month in Memphis.