It is difficult to find a good friend who can help and inspire you.

I just read a Buddhist article lectured by Dharma Master Cheng Yen,
[The Buddha said:"It is difficult to find a good friend who can help and inspire you." It is difficult enough to distance yourself from gossips and bad friends, and even more so to meet a friend who can really help and inspire you.

And what is to be expected of such a friend?
It is someone who can inspire your conscience and wisdom;
It is someone who guides you and helps solve your problems;
It is someone who transports you from the dark land of the ordinary person to the bright realm of the sage.

Yet in reality, how many people like this people, who help you smooth out your worries, round off your sharp edges and remove your biases, can be found?]

Anyway, i am a free thinker, but i accept whatever religious good belief for good sake of people.

Share another thought i believed most of us have learnt it in school.
[Confucius said,"When three men walk together, one of them must be my teacher; I will choose to follow what is good and correct what is not good."
meaning: When I am in the company of two other persons, there must be someone who I can learn from, who can be my model, while thre must be someone whose mistakes will also teach me a lesson. When we see what is not good in a person, we will reflect on our own actions and warn ourselves not to be like him. We see in him actions that are offensive and temperament that is disagreeable. This person actually deserves our gratitude because they are living examples of what we should not be. On the other hand, we should emulate the virtuous person because he represents the bright side of life. He has a positive attitude that brings joy to other people and admiration unto himself. And this is the person that we should learn from.]

A friend in need is a friend indeed. A friend to all is a friend to none.