Howdy,
The only friends I keep in life are the ones with mutual respect, belief systems, points of view, etc. I do not wish to keep moronic, cruel, evil people as friends, for any reason, under any circumstance, no exceptions at all. As you may have guessed - This very specific criteria leaves me with very few, but, very good friends. I believe in quality over quantity when it comes to something as important and as special as friends.
I believe to lead people by example, and I do not rely in words at all anymore. I am very hard-headed, but a very soft person as well. I will love you, but fight you until the end on something if I do not agree, but only if you understand my view, and are disagreeing with it for a valid reason. I will always state my opinion, my view, my logic.
I do not run and hide from reality, from my fears, from anything at all. I face them head-on, even if they may set me on fire and give me horrible nightmares, I must face them. Sometimes the truth hurts, and sometimes people do not feel like feeling hurt, so they do not admit reality. This used to be the case for me, nearly all of the time, but, having lived that so very much, I am to never live that kind of life again, no matter how much the truth may hurt nowadays. I hope you come to the very same conclusion(s) that I have in my life as well, they have made me a far better person than I ever could have dreampt to be.
If you are nice to me, and respect me and all that I am, I will be your friend, but I will not think twice about dropping you if you do not meet my "friend criteria". I have come too far, advanced far too much, believe in things far too strongly, to ever put them on hold, let you "slip by", "make an exception" for you, or for anyone else. I am very hard-headed, but, if you are my type of person, I can love and help and take care of you like no other.