FRIENDSHIP :)

INTRODUCTION

“The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing… not healing, not curing… that is a friend who cares.”

-Henri Nouwen

Friendship is one of the most simple yet most complex relationships a person can share with another person. The reason it is simple is because it is feeling comfortable in your own skin without any kind of worrying and pretending because your friends love you just the way you are. Then again, contradicting our statement, it is the most complex when things tend to get messed up between friends. If you really thought of someone as your friend but you end up disappointed then just learn from your mistakes and if something like this happens then learn to accept that it was never true friendship. Aside from the complications, friendship is an utterly beautiful relationship that brings immense happiness to everyone. Friends are our backbones. They tend to become the people you can’t function without-the partners in crime during adolescence and the confiders during adulthood. Before that, life is much more simple- share your toys and you’ve found yourself a best friend!

Nobody likes to stay lonely. It always feels secure to know that there are certain people who will believe in you even when the others will not. Friendship is mainly based on the trust. All friendships are different; you cannot compare them, they are simply unique. Being friends is not only about having awesome adventures together but also being a part of each other’s misadventures. Friends are packets of fun as well as your shoulder to cry on as you are for them. And friendship is not just superficial fun but it should also be honest and having each other’s back. True friends will never hide your mistakes but will rather help you correct them.

Each individual has a different personality. As in, each one is weird in their different way. We meet random people who are equally weird and do weird things together and simply call them ” friends “I mean yes, we all have this gang of people in our lives with who we can be truly ourselves and do crazy things with. We know they will not judge us but will join us instead .Who cares what others think? You are never too old to do anything with your friends. The thing about friends is you don’t need a certain number of friends in your life, you just need those who you can be certain of. It does not matter whether you have many friends or a few. It all depends how you define your world around them. With every little change in your life a cycle of changes start; you become more busy, but always make time for your friends because if they really love you like you love them then you will always remember the awesome parties, dinners, gatherings, sleepovers and you will also remember that they gave you hope and made you smile when you were crying.

Being best friends is not about being inseparable, but even when you are separated nothing changes. You can trust them with your secrets, hurt them with the truth, protect them from anything bad and comfort them when they need you the most. They come to know what you think without you telling them. They are the ones who know everything about you and know you better than anyone else. One simple look at each other and everything is automatically understood! Just a small talk with your best friend is sometimes all that you need. It makes you feel light hearted. As much as they support you, they will not leave a single chance to pull your leg; when you fall, they will first laugh their stomachs off and then pick you up, they’ll post embarrassing pictures of you without even telling you, irritate you by singing horrible songs until you join them, and eat all the pizza from your plate. They are the people who you meet every day and spend most of the time of you day with and do everything together: dance together, laugh together, bitch together, shop together. Friendship is all about cherishing the best and accepting the worst of each other.

There are also these certain distant friends who you cannot meet every day. But the friends that you see after months and they still make you realise that nothing has changed are the realest ones. There are no ground rules in friendship; it is all about going along with the flow.

The day a friend judges you, you can realise the emptiness of that relationship. Making friends is important, but making the right kind of friends is the most important. True friends cannot solve all your problems, but they will surely make you realise that there is always a solution. They are the ones with whom you can have the silliest conversations and laugh and you know that you will never be judged. And if they considers you a friend they would do the same, there is no stopping to countless awesome and awful memories with just one thing in common that the surroundings have not bothered your friendship. Though true friends can shield you from the toughest of adversities, false friends can end up causing more hassles for you than you need. So, learn how to understand and read people and also, once you get the right person in your life, don’t let that kind of friend go because that is your true wealth in life.

“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark than alone in the light”
– Helen Keller