“Friendship is an art and very
few persons are born with a natural gift for it.” Kathleen Norris
Since the commencement of life humans have been bound with different relations.
These relations may be very near and dear to them. But the relation whom one
prefers to all and in which he/she believes blindly is friendship. Friendship is
the divine feeling or relationship between two or among several friends. It is
stronger than any other relation which one keeps with the other.
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Friendship is simply a sensitive relationship dependent on feelings, sharing and
understanding. It’s not ordinary social or official affair among people but the
feelings and care based on mutual trust, affection and support. Friendship does
not mean that anybody of the world having good talking terms with us is our
friend. A true friend is very difficult to meet and true friendship is
considered one of the greatest blessings by the Creator.
Friendship is of different kinds at different levels of age. Childhood
friendship is a golden and unforgettable period of one’s life. In childhood,
friendship is usually based on the sharing of toys, and the enjoyment received
from performing activities together. It is a creative playtime of life. As
children don’t have any further source of keeping friendship therefore they
share their toys and play together. Once they share their toys with someone they
consider him their friend. As children mature, they become less individualized
and more aware of others. They begin to see their friends' points of view, and
enjoy themselves playing in groups. In this age they fight with one another on
petty matters but for a while. Childhood friendship also becomes very strong and
their agreements after the little disputes make this relation more effective.
It has been human’s nature since their creation that they want to see changing
in their surroundings when they become adult. That’s why many people after being
young find some other friends and try to neglect their past. Friendship in
adulthood generally becomes full of amusement. Young friends advise and support
one another in everyday life. However in this age, one has great opportunities
to find so many friends and keep friendship with rich families but on the other
hand this age makes one join bad company too. As this period of age is full of
craze so an adult person easily victims to unethical and illicit activities.
This craze makes a person the follower of his/her friends and one does whatever
directed by the friends. On account of this great zeal one doesn’t pay attention
towards one’s parents and guardians.
Friendship also proves to be great beneficial in old age. As soon as family
responsibilities and vocational pressures become less, friendship becomes more
important. An old person extremely needs a friend with whom old thoughts can be
shared. Friendship in old age becomes stronger as well as more trust worthy than
that of adulthood. Old friends lead their lives by dint of one another and
encourage one another like they would do in their childhood. Old people like
keeping friendship with children and they enjoy themselves sharing their
memorable past with them.
“Be careful about who you trust and tell your problems to. Not everyone who
smiles at you is your friend.”
Benefit and necessity of friendship is innumerable. No doubt, friendship is of
the utmost importance in one’s life but one should always be careful of what
type of company one is going to join. Sometimes relationship can be established
for earthly benefits but that is not really considered friendship. A real
friendship does not aim any worldly interest rather spiritual and based on share
and care among friends. We may have thousands of namely friends but the real
friends are those who stand by us in our trouble. Many pretend to be friend and
terminate friendship as soon as their interests are fulfilled.
We need companion in order to live and good friends are one of the best
companions because they do not let us meet with the difficulties and give us an
opportunity to share our thoughts freely. Friendship is undoubtedly a heavenly
thing. Life is colourless and slow without a friend. Though real friends are not
easy to find yet a real friendship with a good person is a precious gift that
can be a great support for lifetime.
Finally, I want to dedicate this essay/article/paragraph or whatever you name
it, to my all friends especially to my childhood friends.
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