I like it better as “you” because then this description of close friendship pertains to everybody. I was told I’d used the wrong word with “you,” that I should have used “I” , Lets see how that actually changes it, not much, really, though it does work as a chilling epitaph for that particular friendship:

I deserve friends who make me laugh, feel loved, comfort me when I need comforting, accept my limitations and quickly work out any problems with me when they see I am unhappy.

I deserve friends who always give me the benefit of the doubt, who accept when they’ve hurt me and don’t let me sit in pain.

I deserve friends who return my best efforts at kindness and friendship with their own best efforts. We all deserve that.

We are lucky when we find real friendship and should remember to be grateful for every day of it. Friendship should never be taken for granted, it is mortal, just like us.