About Fear...

Well, not really fear....more worry...I really worry about this friend of mine, he's really depressed and getting a bit suicidal, and he comes to me to talk sometimes. Then when I tell him how much I care about him he tells me not to, and then tells me to just forget what he said. I told him that I didn't really give a *%&$ what he thought, I was gonna care about him and love him and consider him a friend whether he wanted me to or not. I can't just stop. He's one of my best friends. I really and truly care about him, and worrying about him (and other things) as of lately seem to be making me physically sick. He knows unconditional love, from what he's told me, but he can't seem to fathom that perhaps some of his friends might love him like that. That they might love him despite his shortcomings, despite everything...that they might love him even if he doesn't love them back. He loves someone with so much of himself, someone who doesn't love him back...isn't that the same thing? He's such an amazing person...empathizing really hurts.