When I used to row, my mom and I would give "Spirit Bags" to my boat as a good luck charm. One of the items in the bag was always a pocket pal.
Pocket Pals are little animals that you can put in your pocket (obviously). My mom gave them to me when I was growing up so that, when other people were mean, I knew that I had a friend with me.
Now that I have gotten older, I still give pocket pals to new friends. But now I realize that I don't need other people to be nice to me, or even a pocket pal to know that I am okay. I can be my own best friend every day.