Friendship
Bernard Meltzer said “A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though s/he knows that you are slightly cracked”.
It is absolutely unimaginable how many relationships humans balance and maintain. This is the reason why humans are compared with a machine which can handle a lot with ease. Each relationship however is more complex than the other except for ‘friendship’. This is one of the most valued, selfless and unconditional relationships that humans have.
Every relationship has a day dedicated for it. For example, Birthday, Anniversary Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Daughter’s Day, Son’s Day, etc. Though one doesn’t need that one day to express feelings to friends, a tradition of dedicating a day in honor of friends began in the US in 1935 with the first Sunday of August every year being ‘Friendship Day’.
Each of us can vouch that friends are forever and always there when one is in need. I am sure this is a tried and tested statement for most people. Friends are not born of a blood relation but they become thicker than that. In earlier times because there were many siblings, two of them always got along with each other much more than the rest of them. So a need for a friendship bond was never felt and that is exactly why a statement was coined “blood is thicker than water”. However with families now becoming smaller and moving away from each other for better job opportunities, the need to attach oneself emotionally to that one individual – a friend, has caught on.
Life has become so stressful and competitive that each one of us needs a ‘stress buster’. And in today’s world that place is taken by a ‘friend’. Call them or meet them, pour your heart to them, scream at them and they will still be there for you. There is no doubt that school and college friendships are definitely stronger than the ones made later in life. But this is not always true.
Though with technology coming up so strong, methods of getting in touch with friends has also evolved. First friends far away whose faces were not seen became ‘pen friends’. Then to be able to make friends while the ability of seeing them, many websites were developed to chat with them online.
Since friendship is a relationship that is totally free from all economic boundaries they accept you for “what you are and not for what you have”. So what are you waiting for, just extend your hand out to a friend and you will never be disappointed.
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