Relationships - Dominant Patterns III

Friendship

Friendship is a relation which is made by choice. It today’s world, it is hard to find true friends. Friendship includes familiarity with the personality of the other person. True friends have common likes, dislikes, passions and interests. A true friendship involves relationship. Usually people consider someone to be their good friend and yet they do not spend much time together. To have a true friendship, one needs time. The essence of a true friendship is truth and honesty. Everybody wants someone who can share their thoughts and feelings. Loyalty and faithfulness are the keys to a true friendship. Without true friends, we feel left out and lonely. There is no back biting or turning away in friendship.

True friends encourage each other and also tend to forgive each other if there is some offense. True friends can be relied upon, trusted and dependable. If the friendship bond between the friends is very strong, then they can even endure being apart with long distances. Friends always find out a way of staying in touch with each other by taking time from their busy schedules. A friendship will never fade away with time but become even stronger. True friends can make out that their friend is troubled by simply hearing his voice. More importantly, true friends do not desert one another when there is some trouble. In fact they support each other through such a time and face the problem. Friends accept each other and their positive and negative qualities. True friends will never try to outsmart or humiliate their friends. They also do not stand anybody criticizing their friends in front of them.

True friends do not help each other because there is some gain for them. They are not opportunists. Selflessness is the true essence of friendship. Even if the entire world is against you, your friends will stand by your side. These friends are not easy to find so if you have such a person in your life, you should consider yourself very fortunate.

A true friendship survives on trust. It is the most important aspect of any relationship. We all need to share our feelings, thoughts and frustrations with someone knowing that these will not be told to anyone else. True friends guard our deepest and darkest secrets. Mistrust in your friend can destroy the friendship very quickly. There is a difference between a good friend and a true friend. You can be assured that the true friend will support you completely even if it hurts his interests. True friend will not make excuses to bail himself out of trouble. Instead, he will try to understand your needs and desires and will stand by your side no matter who is right and who is wrong. You do not have to ask a true friend for help because he will himself come up to your aid. True friend will help you to the maximum extent possible and will not leave any stone unturned. He will not expect anything in return from you.