In my childhood I had numerous friends. When I reached school, all these social science lessons on ‘equality’ really impressed me and I started having friends of all sorts. My mother occasionally warned me against this attitude, which they said could prove dangerous. I never realized this, until I reached college. Almost every person whom I considered as a ‘friend’ has now become a mere acquaintance. Nothing bitter happened between us, but all those ‘magical moments’ are gone! I realized equality is just a myth and it doesn’t exist in reality. Like George Orwell said- ‘Everyone are equal, some are more equal’
later on I learnt to be more cautious when choosing friends; making an effort not to befriend every other person who is sweet to me. There is even a Sanskrit saying which says ‘friendship and marriage should be between equals’. Now I have only a handful of true friends who are of the same wavelength and importantly we have emotionally and intellectually satisfying relationships. Never rush to make friends because friendship needs a good foundation. We must accept our friend as he is. The essence of friendship is sincerity and giving one’s self to your friend without thinking of getting anything in return
Friends play an important role in a person's life. They encourage when one is sad, they entertain when one is lonesome, and they listen when one has problems.As we grow up and go into adult hood we realize that there are varieties of friends: co-workers, social workers, schoolmates, and much more. Each type of friends is helpful in one way or the other. Co-workers could help solve problems and stress gain in the workplace. Friends from the community widen one's prospective by introducing new people from different areas. Friends that grew up with would share the happiness and sadness one might has. However, friends that grew up with might not always be the best friends because they could faking it or thinking process might not gel with yours . Good friends should not be measured on basis of time spent together. With good friends, one is able to have a more meaningful life. It is very difficult to have a definition of a good friend for everyone to agree upon. Since everyone has different personalities, . over all according to me there are some common characteristics shared among most of the definitions. The three main qualities that define a good friend are loyal, understanding, and encouraging.
