Walk Beside Me – 12/12/13 9th Grade Year

“Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend (Albert Camus)”. Just like this quote states, everyone needs a friend who will walk beside them and bring out important values such as trust and helpfulness. The two most important values in a friend is trust and helpfulness.
For example, everyone needs a friend they can trust with secrets and privacy just like the NSA. A friend that can be trusted, can be that key that unlocks your deep, dark, hidden secrets people keep tucked away. Everyone has those things they have done that they wish they could burn out of their mind. Friends are there to help take the weight off your shoulders with a simple ear. Also, good friends can be trusted to not rat people out. When someone has either not finished their homework, broken something of their parents, or cheated on a test, trusted friends will have their back all the way. Lastly, a trusted friend will be with someone all the way. If someone is lying out in the searing sun on dry sand in the pale, lifeless desert, their trusted friend is there to pick them up.
Next, it is important to have a friend who always has a hand reaching out. For example, when certain people don’t finish their homework, it is very critical they have a helping hand in the morning. Without this hand they would be failing and would have a future at Mcdonalds. Next, when someone needs a helping hand with parents, a friends there to help. It is a hot summer day and the sun is beaming down on a young boys head, his mom has sent him out to run around outside and that he can not come in until night. In the blazing sun, the boy will surely just mope around all day and get sweaty, but wait there is a hand to pull him inside and cure him with milk and cookies. Lastly, when someone needs a little extra backup a friends there to aid. Whether someone is in a voice raising, fist flinging, blood flowing fight or someone just had a emotional breakdown, a friends there for support.
In conclusion, the most beloved qualities in a friend are measured on the inside like trust and helpfulness. Whether someones dying in a desert or just need a little compassion a friends always there to help and stay by your side.

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