"Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends." (Cicero)

It is far easier to count the goats or sheep we have. It is just there and it is for real.

Friend is totally a different thing.

Someone can be close to us. We talk to him or her everyday. Always in touch. But it turns out that him or her is not our friend. Just somebody we know pretty well. Not our friends.

We meet a lot of people. We know a lot of people. We are in touch with a lot of people. But not all of them are our friend.

Friend is someone who thinks and feels like what we think and feel. In other words, friend is someone who has the same mind and heart.

And most of the time, friends communicate with heart.

This is something we can define easily. We just know it when someone is our friend or just someone we know.

It is rare.

That's why friend is a treasure. It is money can't buy.

And it is difficult to define.

Many years go by, and sometime someone we thought as our friend is just someone we know.

It is rare.

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