Sidekicks, Equals and Confidants

Who do you keep alongside you along for the ride of your life? - those whom you trust completely with all of you in your entirety - the good, bad and the ugly - without judgement or petty competitiveness, those who listen and understand your true intentions, those who comfort you when life deals you a bad hand, those who make you feel good about yourself who help you build your self-confidence, not help to bring it down, those who give it to you straight when you are out of line, who level you out and help show you the way, share commonality with no matter what that might be but take you out of your element when a new perspective is needed. Those who you truly want to give all of these right back unconditionally without hesitation. These friends are a fine few - everyone else sees who you are only on a surface level and may eventually fall away. That's hard to accept, but those fine few will still be there.