All about friends!!! :-)

Friendship is one of the most precious gifts of life. It makes life enjoyable. It is both good and necessary. One can’t live all alone. He needs someone to share his joys and sorrows. Generally, friends are of the same age, mentality, similar interests, etc., who understand you and your problems. Friends are needed for support and sharing. Friendship is like an elixir which is essential for a happy life.

A quality friendship makes your life enticing. Most of the time, people choose the wrong friends and end up feeling angry and bitter about it. Quality friends are very much difficult to find. And I personally think quality is anytime better than quantity.

Here’s how you know if someone’s your friend. When you tell them bad news, they won’t tell you how you are stupid and how did it happen to you and how something worse happened to them once and derail the whole conversation. Instead, they would listen to it which is a good thing. Or you can tell them good news and they’ll help you celebrate and I think that’s a really good way of deciding who you should have around you because if you have someone around you who you tell the good news and they start telling some of the great things that happened to them 4 years ago or worse, the great thing that happened to someone that they knew, then its like just go away from the person because they are not helpful to you.

Then there are fake friends who usually want something from you but give nothing back. They’ll talk nice to you but not even pay attention to you in a group. For example, they’ll show up to your party so they can connect with others but when you need help, they are nowhere to be seen. Fake friends will always reach out to you when they need something. Fake friendships are usually one-sided, with the fake friend dumping all of their emotions on you but never offering support to you when in need. They are often jealous of you in some way. If it’s not a mutually beneficial friendship, then it’s not worth it at all. So, its best to stay away from such friends as it will lead you nowhere.

You’ve got to surround yourself with people who want the best part of you. It’s acceptable and desirable to try to surround yourself with people who are facilitating your development. Having good friends around gives a certain joy which I think words can’t explain. So, I’ll leave this till here. Thanks for reading 😊

Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.

                                                                              -Eleanor Roosevelt

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