A Love Supreme by Cindy

 
Friendship has always been the most valuable thing in my life. Being guardian angels, my friends¡¦ love take care of me through good times and hard times. 
Deborah, one of my confidants, always enriches my life with a love supreme.
 

Starting from dislike to friends ¡K 

 
Our friendship started under a strange and funny situation that somewhat resembles the story of Pride and Prejudice.

 
At the first moment we met, we gave bad impression to each other. I told myself not to touch the girl at the first sight thinking that I would not get along with her very well because of her smart and tough look. Meanwhile, Deborah considered that she had better keep away from me due to my proud look. Both of us made ridiculous mistakes. That¡¦s all right with us, though. There were lots of classmates to be friends.

 
The timing Deborah and I really became good friends was when we visited Los Angeles. Being assigned to the same host family, we were forced to spend a lot of time together. At nights, before we fell asleep, we would have chats. We talked about things happened that day, our classmates and teachers, funny jokes, etc. During the week we stayed here, we got to know each other better. 

 
Hereafter, Deborah and I became friends but not close enough as confidantes. Not until an event following the next year did we confirm our friendship.

 
¡Kto best friends

 
When I was in the last year in high school, I had a quarrel with one of my classmates and it somehow resulted in a serious matter. I had known this girl since in junior high school, and we had disliked each other for a long time. Eventually our dissatisfaction toward each other just broke out. What made me felt really angry was that, for isolating me from friends, she tried to incite Deborah to abandon our friendship by slandering. Later on, when Deborah told me that, I was too furious and astounded to say anything. I didn't explain the situation because, in my opinion, who is a real friend would not believe in made-up stories easily. Though inevitably I was afraid that my friends might leave me. Afterwards, Deborah asserted that, ¡§We will never believe in their words. We must be united to fight against them.¡¨ Her defense made me feel like crying. I knew she was a real friend for life from that moment.

 
Distance of friendship being tested
After graduation, we enrolled in the same university but different departments. Although we are unable to meet each other often on account of busy schoolwork, we still value the friendship very much. As it says, ¡§Out of sight, out of mind,¡¨ we did consequently encounter some problem. In our sophomore year, I perceived that we spent too little time together and accordingly became unfamiliar to each other. Once I complained to her and, to my surprise, she was nervous and said that, "I'm sorry, but I really want to know anything about you, can you make handouts for me?" What a touching joke it is!

 

A friend in need

Of course, Deborah continues helping me in many ways as well. For example, last semester I was too busy to go home and I had no more money to live on. I phoned Deborah for help and the next morning she lent me NT$1000. She did not even ask me when to give it back. This semester, knowing my hating PE class, she kept giving me morning call these weeks for fear I may be flunked due to too many absences. Deborah is not the kind of person talking about how deep our friendship is. She just expresses it by actions.

 
shocking news
Last summer vacation, Deborah was informed that she got a cancerous growth in her calf. I could not help shivering when hearing this piece of news. I could not imagine, maybe I should say I did not want to, what it will be like if I ever lost her? I hated myself so much because I could not think of anything to comfort her and make her happier when she cried so helplessly on the phone. What¡¦s more, she told me that, ¡§If I¡¦m going to die, at least I ever had you as my best friend.¡¨ Her statement almost moved me to death. What can I ask for more from a friend? 

 

She is my best friend

Sometimes I cannot help wondering how we can become good friends like we are now since we did not even like each other at the first sight. We do not have much in common; however, we can always touch the depths of each other¡¦s hearts in ways we never think of. In my opinion, what makes our friendship firm and warm is that both of us remain sincere and true toward each other all the time. 
Whenever thinking of the love Deborah shows, I thank gods wholeheartedly that I ever found her. She always looks for the good in me even when I am bad. She is my angel! 

 

What love really is

There's one passage in our textbook of Western Civilization I couldn't agree more. It's The First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians. It talks about love and it says, "And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing." It really touches the depth of my heart. For me, love is the only truth.