Real Friendship

What is the meaning of friendship? We have often sought answers to this questions, yet we have never come up with an adequate answer. This is because friendship is a mixture of beautiful and complex feelings, which may not often be described in words. Defining a friend is never easy, as there are so many parts to it. However we don't need a bunch of words to make us realize the deep meaning of friendship.

Henri nouwen said "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."

i try to suround myself with friends that care about who i am as a person and like me for me. Its great to have friends who know when to be sincere when it needed. Friends who arent sincere and dont help your through conflicts arent friends who are going to be around very long. a real friendship is a unique blend of affection, loyalty, love, respect, and trust. Similar interests, mutual respect and strong attachment with each other are what friends share between each other. These are just the general traits of a friendship.

A friend needs to be very understanding and give each other the benefit of the doubt. Ideally the meaning of friendship is sharing passion for each other. However this is not an ideal world, therefore some form of expectations are allowed, but that has a limit too. The purpose and meaning of friendship is to make life's burdens lighter for our friends and not make them heavier.