definition of friend

i go along with the proverb that 'a friend in need is a friend indeed'.i have the true and faithful like this.A friend who helps to improve her/him to a upper level and to show the straight path to succeed in life and one who gives his/her whole life dedicated to him/her...and one who know the actual feeling of another one... any one could be your friend they could be the almighty god,parents, teachers, neighbors, relatives, wife or husband, etc...