Human beings are social creatures and we all need communication, and none of us want our friendship to break up. We all need at least one person in our lives who can support us in everything we do, who can understand us and our ideas, who can help us in case we need it.
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Today, our lives seem too stressful. We have a lot of problems at work, for example, at schools and universities, we may get stress even at home. And in such situation, the level of understanding of what a real friendship is and how badly we want to get a true friend increases so much.
You can not choose your mother or father, brother or sister, but a friend is a person you are able to choose. Usually, we choose friends who share our interests, who have the same goals as we do. We need to support a conversation with each other, we want to visit the same places with our friends, even watch the same movies and read the same books. Having good friends is one of the happiness’ components for any person.
Friendship appreciation: why you should keep your friendship
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So, we all want our friends to be our “superheroes”, and we always expect them to share happy moments with us, and most of all, we want them to share our moments of sadness and depression, because that’s the time when we need support the most.
But sometimes we are too busy with getting our friendship goals like spending a lot of time together and getting help from our friends, that we may forget about one very simple but very important thing. It’s a friendship appreciation.
What does a friendship appreciation mean? In short, it means that your friends should not only support you and your actions and ideas, but also get your support in theirs.
And it’s exactly a reason why our friendship might not last too long sometimes. We always want to get something, but usually we forget to give something. And when that happens, it is easy to come to the break up.
Sometimes breaking up seems better than trying to solve the problem. Because you don't have to think of the ways to make everything better. You feel more comfortable with suffering from losing your friend and you don't want to make any efforts to make that friendship last longer. But it should be the last step.
Why is it important to keep fighting for your friendship and why we should not break up if there is just one small reason for that?
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At first, you should remember that all of us are not perfect and we all can make mistakes sometimes. If you have found a true friend, you automatically become one of the luckiest people in the world and ruining this because of someone's mistake will always be a wrong decision.
Your friend is a person who is always ready to help you in your hardest times. Nowadays it's so difficult to find such person, and we all need support from time to time. Losing such person can lead to depression, and it's always a bad sign.
You always feel bad when there are conflicts happening, especially if these conflicts happen in your friendship. Remember your feelings in such situations? Usually, you don't want it to happen and you would always like to stop the argument and forget all this. And you are not the only one. Your friend also has the same point of view, none of you want to continue fighting. So maybe it's right to stop that immediately?
Breaking up always leads to bad emotions. And bad emotions can bring even worse results on mental and even physical health. Plus, as we said before, there are no big chances nowadays to find a true friend. So maybe there is no reason to break up with your friend whatever the reason is?
There is nothing impossible and if you care about your friendship, you should try hard to prevent the breaking up. A real friend is always considered as a part of our family and we should take care of him the same way we care about our family.
Tips on how to maintain a good relationship with your friend
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Strong and healthy friendship is not just a natural thing, but a result of hard work from both sides. It means that being in a good relationship with your friends requires some efforts from you too. All of them are not too hard to follow but they all are necessary for keeping your friends close and make them feel as a part of your family.
Take a look at some relationship advice which can help you to build strong relations with your friends and there will be no chance to break up with them:
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- Choose your friends wisely. As we said before, one of the benefits in friendship is that we are able to choose our friends. Your friends are those who can inspire you and whom you can inspire. Be careful and avoid the ones who always try to tear you down.
- Listen. Listening is always a key to success in any conversation. Letting a person know that you hear them is the best way to show your respect. And showing your respect will always arrange people.
- Accept your friends for who they are. Each of us wants us to be accepted as we are and we usually get upset or even angry when someone does not want to accept our shortcomings. So if your friend is a real one and you have fun together, they supports you etc., don’t forget to accept their whole personality even if there is something you don’t like.
- Be empathetic. As in any healthy relationship there are some conflicts sometimes. Most of the conflicts may be solved much easier if you can be empathetic.
- Keep your promises. There is no explanation needed. Unkept promises usually make us feel sad and such facts will always show that you actually don’t appreciate the friendship, and who needs such friend then?
- Try new things together. Sometimes all of us need to add some “freshness” to our life. Someone gets new hobby, someone quits his job and looks for another one, for someone it’s enough to spend one evening in karaoke club and feel refreshed the next day. Whatever you choose to change in your life, try to include your friends to all you do.
- Apologize. We all can make mistakes from time to time and usually we don’t want it to happen. But in case it happened, we have to say sorry just the same way as we want others to forgive us.
Make sure you don’t forget these tips when you feel that something is wrong in your relationship with your friend. Of course, all of them usually appear naturally and you may not even think about being nice with somebody but your inner feelings tell you that it’s the right way to behave. But still, some consideration is needed sometimes.
Wise quotes about friendship to inspire you
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Here are some of them to inspire you, so that you will take friendship as an important issue.
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You too? I thought I was the only one”.
I would rather walk with the friend in the dark, than alone in the light.
Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you: spend a lot of time with them and it will change your life.
True friendship comes when the silence between two people is comfortable.
There’s not a word yet for old friends who’ve just met.
In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends.
A single rose can be my garden… A single friend, my world.
Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with, make friends who will force you to level yourself up.
A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.
A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they are not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they are not so bad.
It’s not so easy to find a true friend nowadays, and if you are that lucky person who actually found your friend, make sure your friendship lasts long. It’s important to be honest and never forget about bringing some colors to your relationship with friends.
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