I'll answer this question be quoting Joseph Campbell. "Follow your bliss, and doors will open where you did not even know there were doors." Is that answering a riddle with a riddle?
I don't think so - I think that's an answer that's an answer.
I don't think you want to analyze stuff like this too much. To again use a quote (this time paraphrased from Seinfeld): "Riddles are like gossamer. And one does not dissect gossamer."
I see some suggested friendship, others love, and other happiness. Well - they're all correct.