Learning About Friendship

How To Be A Good Friend


This is a passage which explains how to be a good friend. I will try not to get to soppy and lovey dovey and keep details strictly to the cold hearted facts (actually, maybe I won't be that severe and detour from the cold and hard facts occasionally!).

Step 1: I suggest that if you want to be a good friend you become friends with someone you actually like. This automatically eliminates all teachers, politicians and people who get rid of school holidays.

Step 2: Once you have found someone you have things in common with, you should expand on this and get to know your friend better. Perhaps inviting his/her to sit next to you in maths or even talking to him/her now and then could help.

Step 3: If you mutually decide you have some things in common, good - you have found yourself a nice new friend. If you don't have anything in common, don't worry and keep searching - there are plenty of other fishes in the sea!

Step 4: Now yes, this friend will require quite a large proportion of your time, because naturally both parties need to be enthusiastic for a friendship to blossom. This means that you will need to support your friend in all their chosen paths, but be prepared to advise them against treading through dangerous waters.

Step 5: A friendship which is built upon mutual trust, respect, support and (my favourite) the acceptance of differences and the right to be an individual will foster other benefits such as loads of fun times where you party together or just hang out and share secrets (now don't deny it - these are the benefits that you were just itching to hear about!!)

Step 6: Well, now that you've found a friend, you should work on keeping them (that is if want to be a good friend and not just a friend fling). My best word of advice would be to continue with the above steps, make your friend feel loved and wanted and show you do care about them. If they're down and feel like they have no one in the world, prove them wrong by rocking up to their house with a bunch of sunflowers and a bottle of wine (or cordial, depending on how old you and your friends are) and talk through their concerns with them. If you're not the flower type, take them out for a big night on the town for a sure fire way to lift their spirits!

And so everyone, if you choose to take my advice and it sucessfully finds you a good friend, then I fulfilled my task!! I now wish to sign, stay cool and happy friend hunting:)





What I've Learned About Friendship


I've learned that there are many good friends around, but true best friends are hard to come by.
I've learned that sometimes you love a best friend more than a boyfriend.
I've learned that a best friend is more important than a boyfriend.
I've learned that you can do something or nothing with a best friend and still have the best time.
I've learned that a true friendship has many memories, both good and bad, but all important.
I've learned that sometimes the most used part of a best friend is the shoulder you cry on, and the shoulder you are willing to lend.
I've learned that when a best friend is happy, you find yourself happy too, even when it has nothing to do with you.
I've learned that a best friend's family soon feels like your own.
I've learned that the only one who truly understands is a true friend.
I've learned that nothing ever sounds stupid, funny, or unbelievable to a best friend, and you never feel stupid saying whatever it is.
I've learned that sometimes it feels like a best friend is the only one who will ever care about you and think you are beautiful in your own way.
I've learned that you always have that something extra to give to a best friend in need, and can count on that in return.
I've learned that your heart is forever touched by a true friend, no matter how things end up.
I've learned that when your heart has been broken, a best friend is the best band-aid for it.
I've learned that a best friend will call you in the middle of the night to talk without thinking, and it's OK.
I've learned that in many cases, a hug and a kind word from a best friend is the only thing that helps get you through the day.
I've learned that a best friend would stick up for you no matter what the consequences are.
I've learned that best friends can sing at the top of their lungs and not worry about singing the wrong words or being out of tune.
I've learned that best friends stay up all night and on the phone for hours talking without even realizing it.
I've learned that a best friend can tell the difference between a silly crush, and more than that.
I've learned that sometimes a best friend is all you have.
I've learned that sometimes you wonder how she knew, but then you realize that's just how close you are.
I've learned that when you are true best friends, everyone else knows it.
I've learned that, most importantly of all, best friends will always be best friends, no matter what is happening in their lives, where they are, or what they are doing. A best friend is irreplaceable. This is the most important thing I could have ever been taught by a best friend.


Friends In Love


I have feelings of love for the guy I see.
Does he love me too, what does he think of me?

I wish I could tell him he makes me whole, but I'm afraid to say
what's deep in my soul.

I don't want to lose him, for I would be alone,
and some days I just can't wait to hear his voice on the phone.

He does certain things to make me feel loved,
some days he wants to be alone and my heart is shoved.

I want to feel as though I am his safeguard,
the one he can come to when things get hard.

I will always be there to help him along,
and before we met I wasn't as strong.

I wish I could tell him what I feel inside,
but I'm afraid of what he'll say, how he'll act on the outside.