Tuesday 4 November 2014

“What Friendship is Supposed to be?” By Qd Kudo and Yuli

Friendship is a relationship of mutual affection between two or more people. Friendship is a sacred bond that is possesed by each person to see the real of themselves from whom they make friends with. Making friends with all kinds of characteristic of people is aimed to have a true friend. So that, the first thing that is very important to know here is what kind of friend you are. And to know what friendship supposed to be for you is you have to know the pillars supporting your friendship.

Here are the pillars supporting friendship; they are acceptance, understanding, trust, altruism, and taking action. Acceptance means before you become a true friend of someone else, you need to accept them just the way they are. They are serious, silly, calm, talkative or silent, whatever their condition, it will not bother you. Definitely, acceptance can make you be yourself. That is the point.

The second one is understanding. Two or more people in their friendship have to know what makes them happy or sad. They know what their friends think and do. They know exactly the reason why their friends do that.

The third is trust. Trust is a sensitive thing in friendship. People make friends does not mean that they trust each other. Sometimes, they put mask or act in their friendship, so that they can never be open, honest or true themselves to their friends. Friendship without trust is like a fish without water; it cannot survive.

Next is altruism. It means giving without expectations. If you still love your own self-interest, it will be hard for you to find a deep bond with anyone else. How can a deep friendship happen if both parties are unwilling to sacrifice to anyone else.

The last one is taking action. A friendship that has the pillars above as its foundation is likely to be a deep and lasting one. Not all the pillars will be easy for everyone. Some people have difficulty trusting, others have problem with acceptance. But since everything you know is learned, it means you can also unlearn ineffective behaviours. A deep and lasting friendship takes time to build. That is why we should start early with people whom we feel are worth it.

So then, do you still have any pillar that can support friendship which are not mentioned yet above? And have you found all the mentioned pillars in your friendship now?




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