FriendShip
By kishthedude
@kishthedude (1320)
India
December 1, 2006 12:57am CST
Have you ever stopped to think of the rarest thing on Earth today? Does the thought of friendship, the kind acts and things that others do, make you consider it in any way? Do your smiles turn into laughter, and your heart feel oh, so good? Do you long to spend one more minute, with that friend, who makes it all happen? Well, of course you should.
Do you have a special someone, who will lend a listening ear and a caring heart? Do you know without a doubt that your secrets will be kept, and your words, they will never impart?
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@jaginfo2006 (1757)
• India
1 Dec 06
well its just the way you think, how can you call him your friend when you cant trust him.
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@bapi_da (760)
• India
1 Dec 06
Friendship is a term used to denote co-operative and supportive behaviour between two or more social entities. This article focuses on the notion specific to interpersonal relationships. In this sense, the term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, and affection. Friends will welcome each other's company and exhibit loyalty towards each other, often to the point of altruism. Their tastes will usually be similar and may converge, and they will share enjoyable activities. They will also engage in mutually helping behavior, such as exchange of advice and the sharing of hardship. A friend is someone who may often demonstrate reciprocating and reflective behaviors. Yet for many, friendship is nothing more than the trust that someone or something will not harm them. Value that is found in friendships is often the result of a friend demonstrating on a consistent basis:
the tendency to desire what is best for each other.
sympathy and empathy.
honesty, perhaps in situations where it may be difficult for others to speak the truth.
mutual understanding.
In a comparison of personal relationships, friendship is considered to be closer than acquaintanceship, although there is a range of degrees of intimacy in both friendships and acquaintances. Friendship and acquaintanceship can be thought of spanning across the same continuum.
The principal disciplines studying friendship are sociology, anthropology and zoology. Various theories of friendship have been proposed, among which are social psychology, social exchange theory, equity theory, relational dialectics, and attachment styles. See Interpersonal relationships.Friendship is considered one of the central human experiences, and has been sanctified by all major religions. The Greco-Roman had, as a paramount example, the friendship of Orestes and Pylades. The Abrahamic faiths have the story of David and Jonathan. The Christian Gospels state that Jesus Christ declared, "No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends."(John 15:13)
In philosophy, Aristotle is perhaps best known for his discussion (in the Nicomachean Ethics) of philia, which is usually (somewhat misleadingly) translated as "friendship", and certainly included friendship, though is a much broader concept.
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@margieanneart (26423)
• United States
2 Dec 06
Yes, I have been blessed that way. Have you been? A true friend is there though thick and thin, never judging, always there.
@seeyogeshwagh (724)
• India
1 Dec 06
I still believe on friendship. It is the swetest thing on earth. You can share every emotion with your friend. And this is the true benifit of frirndship.
@blacknight000 (1397)
• Philippines
1 Dec 06
you can find friendship anywhere you go!...i could that person as a friend if i could trust her or him!...friends must have a trust to each other and they must comfortable when their together!...friends is the one we call if we have problems!...they will support you in everything you do(only good things)!....
@TDonald (1421)
• United States
1 Dec 06
True friendship is a very rare commodity.
I like to think about it like this... never call someone a friend. It's more of a process called friending. When someone is friending they are doing something that benefits you in some way.
We all have a different definition of what a friend is, and sometimes that causes problems. If we throw away our expectations and definitions and just look at the behavior. is it friending behavior or not, we'll then have a more useful
way to deal with others.
