How do you know who your friends are

How do you know who your friends are?

First, we must understand what is friendship before we can discover who our true friends are.

Friends often share similar interests, likes and dislikes and passion. Thus, friends are able to interact with you more freely as they understand you better.

True friendship involves a shared sense of caring and concern and a desire to see one another grow and develop and a hope that one another would succeed in all aspects of life. Let me break this into three parts.

Firstly, about a shared sense of caring and concern. True friends care for each other and cares for them. Let me compare a true friend to a fake friend. For example, if you had fallen down and injured yourself, a true friend will always stand by your side and help you. However, the other person may not help you and may walk away pretending not to see you to avoid having to waste his own time.

Secondly, about a desires to see one another grow and develop. True friends will always have a desire to see one another grow and develop, that is to say, they will work together and grow together as friends. For example, if you have troubles with your homework and do not understand a mathematics concept, a true friend will sit down patiently to teach you while the other person would not even bother to teach you! He would just say " Learn yourselves and don't waste my time."

Thirdly, about succeeding in all aspects of life. Genuine friends will always cheer you on and hope that you succeed in all the things you do. For instance, if you got high marks for your exam, a true friend will not be jealous, instead, he would congratulate you unlike the other person who would look at you with a sour look on his face and walk away without saying anything.

Real friends encourage one another and forgive one another where there has been an offense. Genuine friendship supports during times of struggle. Friends are dependable. In true friendship, unconditional love develops. We love our friends no matter what and we always want the best for our friends.

All these time we have been talking about what true friendship is. So, you may ask, how do we get true friends and why is it important to have true friends.

Firstly, I would say that to get true friends, we must first trust them and never doubt them. If you trust your friend, your friend will also not doubt you. However, if you continually doubt your friends, your friends would not want to hang out with you because you are so overly suspicious and not trustworthy. For example, if your friend tells you a secret and asks you not to tell anybody, you should not. Otherwise, if you gossip about it and tell other people or even worse, posting it on the internet, your friendship will soon be destroyed. Faithfulness and loyalty are also key to true friendship.

About the importance of getting true friends. All of us in this world needs someone with whom we can share our lives, thoughts, feelings, and frustrations. We need to be able to share our deepest secrets with someone, without worrying that those secrets will be leaked out.

Friendship takes time: time to get to know each other, time to build shared memories, time to invest in each other's growth. Thus, spend more time with your friends and start to get to know more about each other!