Friendship

I understand friendship to be true and forgiving. People will determine what a friend is to them based on their own criteria. I think the best way to be a friend is to be a friend to yourself. I have always felt that a friend will at least have a healthy attitude towards oneself. With that being said, one should be able to be himself or herself with a true friend and allow for him or her to be human.

I would like to think that when you do trust your friend to be loyal to you and values your friendship dearly, they would do the same for you.. That's why choose your friends wisely.. Like how you would choose a house to stay in.. Your friends are also an investment.. You do what you need to do to take care of the friendship.. If they find you neglectful, then rest assured you won't find your needed loyalty.. Be true to yourself and to your friends and when they prove to be gold pieces amidst tin cans, then you've found yourself a true friend. You will be the one to weed out those who only see you as a stepping stone to get what they really want.. Have faith, you'll find a true friend. :) one for keeps..

Through our lives, I think that there are a lot of people that will come and go from our lives that are casual friends. However, when it comes to the true friends that we will have in our lives, I think that most people are lucky if they are able to have just a hand full of true friends. I do think that your view on what a true friend is something that is exactly right. For example, I didn't talk to my best friend for just over eight years simply because of the fact that she moved and we lost contact with each other. However, I tracked her down last year and we were able to pick back up where we had left off when we were younger. It was really like no time had passed since the last time that we had talked. I also know that we will never again lose contact with each other.

friendship cant bloom just like that,it takes time and need to be cultivated properly and with care,its about caring and sharing forever always

Ye,that's true,but with the time flies,and our life environment is changing all the time,it's hard to keep a pure relationship forever. Though you are the best friends,the relationship is differ from the original one more or less. We all know that,but most of us prefer to pretend nothing has changed,you know why? Well,just for your information,have a nice day.

Yes you are right.For me friendship is like bond with no selfish . A friend is whom the person s who help you when you are a real problem.think about your well .notify your fault without any hesitation.

I feel that a true friend is a person that we can trust and know will not stab us in the back.Yes a true friend is also who cares about us, but just because they care do not make them a person that can be trusted, I found out the hard way, I trusted a person that was a friend for over 20 years and she tried to sleep with my husband. This is another reason why I only trust myself and no one else, as in the past being stabbed in the back by another friend, well trust in all the people I know has now gone.

hi there winniemariposa, what you said is true, that real friends will be there to help you without any hesitation. however, let us not forget that there are times, though real friends want to help us and be on our side, sometimes tough situations arise. so as a result, there maybe times in our life that those friends we consider real and true ones cannot be with us in times of troubles. thus, it is better not to close our doors to those friends who cannot help us in times we need them. we can consider them as true and real friends only to some extent.

Real friends could only be determined by the test of time. I have many friends and unaware of an enemy but i could claim only three real friends. Although we live apart from each other and seldom see each other physically as all has her own family to prioritize but we still try to communicate once in a while and share whatever moments that each of one has a need to for each other.

i think the friend ship is a gift of god whom we can choose in our life. So beware before making friendship with some one so that we will not be hurted if they do some wrong thing which hurts you.

A true friendship has to grow. It will take years and you have to share things together. Not only good times but also, or perhaps bad times. Since we know who our friends are during bad times. Some friends will stay in our life forever, others will only be there for some time, to help us back on (our) the road. They all have their value. I agree that there is no need to meet a friend daily, what counts is the knowledge you can knock on that door any time, but also that you would do exactly the same for that friend! Friendship can never be one way direction. Many people talk about friends, true friends, who actually are no true friends at all. It's impossible to see someone and say this will be my new best friend. It doesn't work like that. You have to get know eachother very well and both be willing to invest. But also you need a life of your own, be respected for that not rejected. You also don't need to share the same opinions.

Hi, You are right. Fiend in need is a friend indeed. True friends a re those who are with us not only in happy moments but also in sad moments. As you said they are not near you every time. But they are always with you when you are need and give support. Such types of friends are very few. There are some other friends who are with us only for having fun and for some advantage.