Day 083m: Filming a finer Friendship … (July 06, 2019)

Part of my mission in this phase of my pilgrimage was serving as Mate’s film assistant – at times cameraman, at times leading man, at times muse, and at times mere annoyance (“You are too famous” was regularly his way of telling me to step aside because he didn’t want me in a particular shot) …

A friend is someone who gives you the total freedom to be yourself – especially to feel however you wish to feel, or even not to feel at all. Whatever you happen to be saying or thinking or believing or feeling in any particular moment is fine with any true friend. And that what real friendship ultimately is – allowing the other to fully be whomever he is choosing to be; not affirming or supporting the same, necessarily, and yet allowing it all (and even seeing beyond it all) nonetheless.” ~ via Jim Morrison