"A friend is more than a therapist or confessor, even though a friend can sometimes heal us and offer us God's forgiveness.  A friend is that other person with whom we can share our solitude, our silence, and our prayer.  A friend is that other person with whom we can look at a tree and say, "Isn't that beautiful," or sit on the beach and silently watch the sun disappear under the horizon. With a friend we can be still and know that God is there with both of us...There is a twilight zone in our hearts that we ourselves cannot see. Even when we know quite a lot about ourselves--our gifts and weaknesses, our ambitions and aspirations, our motives and our drives--large parts of ourselves remain in the shadow of consciousness.  This is a very good thing.  We will always remain partially hidden to ourselves.  Other people, especially those who love us, can often see our twilight zones better that we ourselves can.  The way we are seen and understood by others is different from the way we see and understand ourselves.  We will never fully know the significance of our presence in the lives of our friends.  That's a grace, a grace that calls us not only to humility  but to a deep trust in those who love us.  It is in the twilight zones of our hearts where true friendship is born."
        --Fred Rogers