ComfortFriends

We hear the phrase "comfort food" quite a lot.  It's the cuisine that makes us happy, that lights up the dopamine receptors in our brain, that makes us feel like everything is gonna be all right (at least for a little while).

It seems we also benefit from having some "comfort friends."  

Here's what they look/feel like:

• They seem to be fully aware of our flaws, but somehow see through them.
• They are honest with us, but gently so.
• They amazingly have the ability to forgive us, repeatedly.
• They listen to us a little more deeply than others do.
• They don't make our friendship a (con)test.
• They allow us to deactivate our defense shields.
• They exhibit toward us something more akin to "love" than "like."

The hang is always easy.