"A friend in need is a friend indeed". You have probably heard this saying countless times. In today's progressive society, most of us tend to take our friends for granted. A good friend nowadays is few and far between as they are hard to come by. if you are really ponder over this, you will realize that friends are indispensable people. They impact your life in such a way that they mould you as a person. In order to have good friends, you have to be one first.
A good friend is someone who will stand by you through thick or thin,rough it out with you and be a pillar of support when you are down. When your friend happens to be going through a rough patch in life you should be there to lend him a shoulder to cry on. A handful of people are not genuine when it comes to friendship. When everything is looking up and good they are there,sticking to you like a leech,sucking as much as they can out of you. But at the first sign of trouble, they vanish into thin air, running away as fact as their feet take them. You should never be like that because it will come back to get you in the end. As the saying goes,
Respect is always a key of factor in building relationships. Friends who do not respect each other tend to fall out eventually. on the other hand,friends who have mutual respect for one another form bonds that last. how would you feel if a friend barges into your house all the time, making use of your belongings without asking permission and prying into your personal life? "Do to others what you want others to do to you". Therefore respect your friends' space and do not take advantage of them.
Besides that, good friends are honest with each other. If you do not agree with something your friend says or wants to do, tell your friends that you are uncomfortable with it. You do not have to go about it in a brutal way where you will end up hurting his or her feelings but tell your friend nicely. That way, no one will be offended. You do not have to feel obligation to please your friends as you may be afraid to loose their friendship.And if your friends,in turn,do not want to be your friends with you after all you tell them how you feel,then they are immature and are not worth being friends with.
Furthermore,you should also be generous in helping your friends. Always be ready to offer advice or help them in one way or another. Being kind and patient will make you more like-able person which will benefit you in the end. And someday,when you yourself are stuck in a rut, your friends will be there to lend you a helping hand. go the extra mile for your friends because even a little things you do will be greatly appreciated.
In a nutshell,friends are some or the most important people you have in your life. You can always count on them for anything. I cannot even begin to comprehend or fathom living in a world without friends to laugh you,to support you or even to cry with you. So treasure your friends and be a good friend to them because you may even end up being friends with them till the day you die.
credits: BFF
P/S: read this while thinking of what you have done to yourself and your friends
