Talking about Friends

In our lives, we need other individuals in order for us to learn how to go out and enjoy life in a different way. We associate ourselves to these individuals and figure out new things unknown to us. We learn a lot from them, and they also learn from us. It’s like a two way process and is somewhat an effective means of relating, learning and at the same time enjoying. As an old saying goes “No Man is an Island” this means that one individual cannot survive alone and each single individual need to be loved, supported or comforted by another. We need to feel that we are important to others so that we would experience a great sense of pleasure and contentment. We want to establish ties with individuals whom we can relate to and talk to in times of devastation and these individuals, if not our parents or relatives, are our ever loving friends. Even since we were young infants, we are already equipped with certain responses in order for us to mingle with others and this alone is a big proof that humans are social creatures.

A friend can be simply defined as an acquaintance or someone whom we feel a certain connection in terms of our interests and someone who shares either distinct or common characteristic such as ours. An individual who supports, accommodates and helps another creates a relationship termed as friendship. It is a relationship that can last a lifetime if appropriately cherished and managed. Anyone can actually be our friend; our classmate, colleagues, roommates and strangers as long as we find a certain connection, we can develop special ties that can be beneficial to them and ourselves. There are different kinds of friends out there but the most common to all is a best friend. This person is someone whom we fully trust and who stands out among any other friends we have. The tie created with this person is extremely deep that both individuals are already acquainted about each other and this is the first person we approach before any other friends.

We usually seek the company of another person wherever places we may be because we want to feel a sense of belongingness and affection. We want to establish bonds in order for us to have feelings of security and connectedness. We usually want to have someone to talk to and hang out with during breaks, and we can’t deny the fact that we are greatly influenced by our friends. There are even times wherein we engage in activities that are not common to us because we want to be part of the group and avoid creating walls to the friendship. This is true but this is not common to all. It usually depends on the persons’ own discretion. These activities can either be positive or negative depending on the type of friends you hang out with. Others also want to be just like their friends and buy, use and wear things that are similar that would signify their friendship. Most of the time, we engage in mutually uplifting actions like sharing of advices depending on our own point of view regarding a situation. In this case, we can look onto things in a different perspective, and it can help us search for ideas to make our problems easier to solve. There are usually many situations wherein we cannot directly approach our parents because of fear and the only person we can talk to, is our friends. We approach our friends for help regarding our love life and family, and they can share theirs as well. It is ideal that our parents should be the first to know us better but for others, their friends usually know them best. Oftentimes, we spend most of our time hanging out with our friends playing games, watching movies, joining parties and roaming around places. In times of sadness and devastation, our friends are always on the rescue to make us smile. In times of happiness and victory, they are there to celebrate with us.

Our friends really play an important role in our lives and without them; life would never be much enjoyable and worthwhile. They add color to our lives, and they usually inspire us to continue living life to the fullest and provide us a sense of acceptance of what we really are and support us all the way without asking anything in return but to value the friendship. Love your friends and they will love you back.