The Beauty of having an inseparable bond among your friends
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There is a slogan I often heard as well as say it as well that "A friend in need, is a friend indeed", another is "A true friend, sticks closer than a brother/sister" and I add that we can make our true friend our brother/sister (Family).
Family is one of the greatest blessings that we can pray for, and from our family, we can pick out our best friend.
Finding friends is quite easy, but finding a true friend today can be a challenging task, true friendship entails love, sincerity, acceptance, honesty, truth, support, comfort, and safety. A true friend is someone we can rely on when we need them, they treat us with respect, and being around them makes us feel good, comfortable, and does not give room for pretense, rather it opens us up to being ourselves, and trust now becomes easy, they also have our best interest at heart.
True friendship is built on shared principles and shared virtues, with this it builds a stronger bond which can stand the test of time. One of the biggest challenges in finding true friends is in distinguishing them from casual acquaintances. In finding a true friend, we need to look out for friends with liked minds, those who might be willing to stand by our sides in good times and difficult moments, those who understand and support us through life's ups and downs, and those we can trust with our deepest thoughts and feelings. However, finding such friends demands patience, effort, and little self-reflection, because what we expect from others we first need to be that to others.
A true friendship is one that is not based on utility but rather it's based on mutual respect, admiration, and gratitude for one another, with this we all have to grow over time. Finding true friendship is being willing to be ourselves, share our thoughts and feelings with others etc. although it hard to trust especially when you have been betrayed, but in building a true and lasting relationship, we have to let go and learn to trust again, it entails allowing your friends to see the real you, this is one of the critical step in building true and friendships, another is focusing on building ourselves as well as the relationships with our friends who share our values and interests.
Family and friends stick around when we need support, They’re not only interested in spending time with us when things are good; they also help us when life gets hard. Sincere friends are always honest and always make us feel our authentic self. True friendships help us to become a better version of ourselves, helping us to stay on track and encouraging us to improve and try harder in attaining our dreams.
True friendship depends upon us. It’s our attitude that is important, not the other person’s, rather than searching for true friends we should become a true friend first, pray and open up to become a big-hearted person who knows how to forgive, forget and pray for the good of our friends.
Some key characters in building true friendship
Independence- in having a lasting friendship, it is important to be independent of our friends, allowing our friends to have their personal space, It is not healthy to always need the company of our friends and their constant attention. We should have both our friends and other hobbies besides each other, getting upset when we are not around our friends seems childish, and it is a sign that independence is needed.
Compassion- Having compassion is being able to be empathetic and genuinely there for our friends on a daily basis and during hard times. Having compassion and empathy is a requirement for a healthy friendship because it’s important to have friends that we can count on to be there for us.
Equality- Equality is an important ingredient for healthy friendships we often get overlooked when one of our friends seems to have more say than the other. In every healthy relationship, both friends should be able to make decisions together and compromise without being shut down.
Trust- Being able to have trust and confidence in our friends is one of the most important requirements of a strong relationship because true friendship means we are able to count on each other.
Honesty - Honesty is a requirement for a strong and successful friendship because, most of us tend to get hurt when the truth is concealed than by the truth itself, whatever it may be honesty keeps the relationship stronger. But being dishonest eats away at the foundation of a healthy relationship, although being honest may mean having more difficult conversations with our friend, but it will build a stronger and better friendship.
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