How to Make Real Friends and Keep Them for a Long Time
by If we were meant to be alone, we would never be lonely. We would be happy doing things by ourselves. But it is a fact, that we’re a lot happier when we have good and caring and loving friends. Here are the ABC’s of making and keeping great friendships!
Some facts we need to know about friends:
· Friends come in three categories, the good, the bad, and the ugly.
· Friends, we do you really need them.
· Friends can bring us joy and also bring us pain.
· Friends are not always easy to get along with but it is a lot harder to get along without them.
· Friends, to deal with them, we need to learn the art of how to find true friends and what to do with false friends.
· Friends can betray us when we least expect it and leave scars that may never fully heal.
· Friends may need our forgiveness, because at times they hurt us and don’t realize the damage they have done.
· Friends are like a broken dish. No matter what glue is used to piece it together, there may always be a visible crack and it is never as strong as it was before. But if we are able to patch it up, the friendship can still be solid and we can learn to not notice or care about the crack anymore, as it now becomes a priceless antique that we never want to throw away.
An old proverb says: “A friend is loving at all times and becomes a brother in times of trouble.” (Proverbs 17:17, The Bible in Basic English)
From my own experience I can say; happy and rich is the one that has many good friends, for there will always be some that will meet his needs.
Why we should have many friends
· They move
· They die
· They stop being our friends
· They are busy
Where can you go to make good friends and how can you make good friends
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On August 11, 2010 at 3:53 am
Great Share………………Keep going.
Kaye TM
On August 11, 2010 at 7:46 am
nice. liked it!
Raj the Tora
On August 11, 2010 at 8:27 am
wow, well researched, so detailed article. Liked it so much when you did an analysis of friendship. Thank you for the share.
LoveDoctor
On August 11, 2010 at 9:21 am
Great post. True friendship is very rare.
Christine Ramsay
On August 11, 2010 at 1:53 pm
A very good and detailed article. Really good friends are hard to find and should be cherished.
Christine
1hopefulman
On August 11, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Thanks fro reading and commenting everyone!
LaAuteur
On August 11, 2010 at 6:39 pm
<3 I definitely enjoyed this article. I especoa;;y loved using broken dishes as a metaphor for broken friendships.
buenavida
On August 11, 2010 at 7:47 pm
Felix, after reading this, I appreciate our friendship even more. And the door is just opening for exploring the most unresearched parts in this world, the human mind and heart.
Thank you for sharing these wonderful thoughts!
1hopefulman
On August 11, 2010 at 10:22 pm
I appreciate you reading my article.
carissimi
On August 12, 2010 at 12:27 am
great article
Great Idea
On August 12, 2010 at 10:33 pm
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Lex92
On August 12, 2010 at 10:41 pm
Wow, well researched article!! Great article! It’s hard to keep friends sometimes, and you’re right the more you have sometimes the better!
The SMS Man
On August 13, 2010 at 1:54 am
Well researched article!
Good job at showing friendship from different angles.
JoJoGal
On August 13, 2010 at 10:18 am
Very nice!
1hopefulman
On August 13, 2010 at 1:09 pm
Thanks everyone. You all inspire me to keep writing. All your comments are noted and appreciated.
hardworkinggurl
On August 13, 2010 at 3:07 pm
I normally have a good track record when it comes to making and keeping friends. This is a great article and great tips as well.
Keep up the great work as I look froward to reading more.
hardworking aka hardworkinggurl
Jenny Heart
On August 13, 2010 at 8:38 pm
Nicely done!
Mary Patricia Bird
On August 13, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Good post, my friend.
1hopefulman
On August 13, 2010 at 9:39 pm
Hardworking, nice that we have connected. Thanks for reading my article and commenting. Now I will sneak over to your place and see what’s there.
Jenny Heart, thanks for visiting and commenting.
1hopefulman
On August 13, 2010 at 10:04 pm
Thanks Mary!
Likha
On August 14, 2010 at 1:08 am
This is such a great handbook on friendship. Friendship is both a science and an art. We only master the ropes by engaging in it and taking risks. I added you, my new friend.
1hopefulman
On August 14, 2010 at 7:00 am
Thanks Likha! The article is based on my experiences through the years. Now I’m 60 with many friends, while I meet some people with no friends they can trust and rely on.
BC Doan
On August 14, 2010 at 7:38 am
For me a few good faithful friends is better than a lot..I’ve met a few here on Triond.
MaxBuceo
On August 14, 2010 at 10:23 am
We live trondfriends.
Max
1hopefulman
On August 14, 2010 at 2:34 pm
BC Doan, thanks for reading. I’ve found that when we learn the art of making friends, we can make room for a lot of them. But each one can do what is comfortable.
MaxBuceo, we have a lot of friends here. What a joy!
moonbutters1
On August 14, 2010 at 4:02 pm
Hi hopeful,
Nice article ! Thanks for sharing your thoughts .
moonbutters1
1hopefulman
On August 14, 2010 at 4:51 pm
Hi Moon, it’s good to see you here. I hope you will do well here.
mkd1788
On August 15, 2010 at 2:09 am
as per my opinion if we want keep our friend for long time don’t insert business, money in friendship..
1hopefulman
On August 15, 2010 at 9:50 am
mkd1788, thanks for you comment. I deliberately did not insert the “money factor” even though I had notes on it. The reason: there can no fast rule on that matter. Sometimes we need to help our friends financially and sometimes we may need their help. I know it can be tricky and sticky, so left it out so each person can make their own decision when this situation presents itself. That subject needs a much longer discussion than this article allowed. I appreciate your comment.
webseowriters
On August 15, 2010 at 4:02 pm
Very nice, thanks for sharing
Dee Gold
On August 16, 2010 at 7:29 am
Thanks,You are a very supportive friend here in Triond.
Francois Hagnere
On August 17, 2010 at 3:50 am
A great and very friendly post. You know what friendship means.
Thank you.
1hopefulman
On August 17, 2010 at 11:41 am
webseowriters, thanks for reading!
Dee Gold, thanks for your kind words.
Francois Hagnere, I am happy and thankful to have many kind and loving friends.
Thanks everyone for reading my article.
Richie Montalbo
On August 17, 2010 at 11:25 pm
Wow, a very exhaustive article on friendship!
1hopefulman
On August 28, 2010 at 12:16 pm
Thanks Richie for reading my article!
sandcastle
On August 28, 2010 at 5:09 pm
it’s amazing how some people could easily make friends and still find friends who are for keeps!
it’s interesting to find out too that there are really people in their adulthood who are not capable of making friends and no matter how much they try ,it just wouldn’t work. but without friends and being rejected over and over again must be quite a misery.
may your article be an eye opener for us,adults,to be wary of people who are just trying to reach out.
1hopefulman
On August 28, 2010 at 9:03 pm
Sandcastle, the old adage on making a friend is be a friend. We need to take an interest in the other person. These kind of people have no problem making friends. Thanks for reading my article!
Rhodora Bande
On August 29, 2010 at 5:36 pm
This came just in time. Thank you for the enlightenment. Will surely remember your words of wisdom.
1hopefulman
On September 2, 2010 at 6:07 pm
Hope it will help Rhodora!
scheng1
On September 8, 2010 at 9:03 am
Remarkable article. I wonder how long you take to write this.
1hopefulman
On September 13, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Thanks! I think it took me a whole day, from morning till night.
RAJEEV BHARGAVA
On November 22, 2010 at 5:05 pm
a simply brilliant article, very well researched and full of interesting proverbs as well. like yourself, i really liked the Greek proverb, ‘He who ceases to be a friend, never was one’. i really enjoyed the entire script. thanks very much for taking the time to create it and then share it, to-date, outside of Triond, I have only 3 friends from across the world, and we are still friends today aswell. please keep up the great work, I shall follow all your words.
Michal Dorcak
On November 22, 2010 at 6:28 pm
Wow, very good and interesting (and useful too I think) article.
Lord Banks
On November 23, 2010 at 6:36 am
Friends are sure important to me! LB
SharifaMcFarlane
On November 23, 2010 at 7:33 am
I like the quotation about the cemetery.
Thanks for this one 1Hopeful.
1hopefulman
On December 7, 2010 at 11:39 am
Thank you all for visiting!