I've read it said that a true friend will lay down their life for another.
Staying alive…'living' for another is harder, though, sometimes. Suicide might actually be the easy way out. Surviving pain requires courage. When we do it, we can help ‘others’ hear that there’s a way out.
Ironically, it's often enough the friends themselves that kill us. I've heard it said, and it's probably written somewhere to 'not kill the Messenger.' It seems like much of the world is looking for someone to whom they can feel or think they are superior to. That's the problem with 'self'-esteem. Dying to 'self' is more painful than dying for others.
If we are One, the 'other' eventually disappears. That's what forgiveness does. Every tradition teaches it in one form or another.
Standing in a sacred room with a Bible and standing in a garage with a car have something in common. Irony is a great comedian. Looking back, we eventually laugh at our toughest hours with gratitude and realaize we prevailed through Grace.