The joy of friendship!

A beautiful relation starting right from our childhood comes along till we depart from this world. Friends constitute a major part of our life! We cannot find a person without friends. We spend a lot of time with them, share many things, thoughts and feelings with them, we hang out, go for movies, study, chit-chat, gossip, have fun…the list can go on and on!

We get along with friends more easily than with our parents, brothers, sisters, relatives, etc. Maybe it is because almost all of us believe in sharing most of our feelings with friends and not any others. Friends need not be of the same age group. A friend is one who understands your silence, your restlessness, your anger, your anxiety. A friend is one who supports you and builds your confidence. A friend is one who makes you happy when you are sad. A friend is the one who cheers you up when you feel low and what not?! All of us would be very lucky to have such friends with us and be a friend to someone.

There are very few people who value their friends and accept them the way they are. Others take advantage of their friends, hurt them and cause them pain. How many of us really give them their space to live their lives? We always say, “I never expected this from you”, “You hurt me”, etc…which would stop them from expressing themselves! This is sad, but true! How many of us truly and unconditionally love our friends? Hardly 5%-10% of people would love them truly and unconditionally! Let our friends not just remain in our memories. Let’s not address them using the past tense. Instead let us adjust, accept, understand and get along with them. Let us forgive each other and make our stay in this world happier and lighter.

Life is very short! Let us not neglect or ignore these friends who value us a lot, treat us very close to them and keep us very special to their hearts. Let us not hurt each other and become enemies! Let us understand all of our friends and stay happily!

A. Rajeshwari

II BA (PJoE)