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By the time we reach adulthood, many of us have had the good fortune to have at least one best friend. If we have1around or changed our life situation2,we may be lucky enough to have had several. The best friend relationship is often our earliest3peer relationship, and it can be a source of great warmth and4throughout our lives. The characteristics of best friendship change as we grow up and grow older, but the heart of it remains the 5. Our best friends are a warm shelter in which we feel free to be fully ourselves, to share our deepest secrets, to 6when we are overtaken by tiredness, to have a 7when there is something nice to happen in our life—a place in which we feel completely welcome to give and receive that most 8of all gifts, love.
Most close relationships do face9from time to time, and one of the characteristics of an enduring best friendship is its ability to10the storms and to remain unbroken even as it faces changes. Our best friends are those who manage to love us through all of our11, as we do the same for them. We find ways to hug and 12the differences between us and offer love and13no matter what. We allow each other to be 14as we are at a given moment, even as we allow each other to change over time.15, best friends sometimes feel like family. We know we will stick together 16we take our individual roads.
We may be on the phone with our best friends every day, or we may not have17with each other for a year, yet we know that our bond will be strong and18when we do19each other. This bond ties us together even when are apart and draws us delightfully back into the warm20of each other's company when our paths bring us together again.
