A True Friend

A True Friend

Friends play an important role in a person's life. They encourage when one is sad, they entertain when one is lonesome, and they listen when one has problems. There are varieties of friends: co-workers, social workers, schoolmates, and much more. Each type of friends is helpful in one way or the other. Co-workers could help solve problems and stress gain in the workplace. Friends from the community widen one's prospective by introducing new people from different areas. Friends that grew up with would share the happiness and sadness one might has. However, friends that grew up with might not always be the best friends because they could faking it or been concealing some secrets. So, it is very important for one to recognize all the friends s/he has because good friends are hard to find. Good friends should not be measured only base on the time spent together. With good friends, one is able to have a more meaningful life. It is very difficult to have a definition of a good friend for everyone to agree upon. Since everyone has different personalities, friends one looks for could be very different. Nonetheless, there are some common characteristics shared among most of the definitions. The three main qualities that define a good friend are loyal, understanding, and encouraging.

Friendship will last longer when both sides are eager to take on the responsibilities of being a true friend. Friends that help, understand, and encourage are in fact the main qualities of being true friends. Since true friends are hard to get, one should treasure each of his/her friend and be respectful of each other. People that have one or more good friends will know how fortunate they are. With good friends, people would have higher self-esteem, confidence and motivation. Friends will encourage, inspire, and support each other. A true friend will be honest, loyal, and does not share secrets with other people without his/her friends' permission. So that between friends, each...