How important is friendship to you
Why Is Friendship Important in Life? Here’s Why
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Why is friendship important?
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5 tips to strengthen your friendships
How to know when it's time to let a friendship go
Making friends is hard, especially in adulthood.
First, there are less structured ways to make friends. Adults don’t have many of the same opportunities to build friendships (like school, athletics, or extracurricular settings) like children do.
COVID-19 has also impacted how (and where) adults make friends. In this pandemic era, people’s behaviors, habits, and priorities have changed. All of this can lead to challenges when making friends as an adult.
According to a 2021 survey, Americans report having fewer friendships than they once did. And the more traditional ways of making friends (like school, church, or through existing friends) are on the decline. Americans are more likely to make new friends at work than any other avenue.
Making friends and keeping those healthy relationships isn't always a walk in the park. It can be hard to recognize why friendship is important, too. But sometimes we need to evaluate how many friendships we have, what we can actively do to strengthen them, and when to let them go.
Why is friendship important?
Friendship is important because it helps us build connections with people who share our values or interests. Friends help us prevent loneliness or isolation and are supportive companions as we work toward living purposeful lives. They can also encourage us to pursue our passions and dreams and offer support or advice in hard times.
Our friendships help our mental health and overall happiness. We build human connections in our professional lives and personal lives. And over time, those connections may grow. We might make friends with people temporarily, depending on where we go to school or work.
Some friendships last for life, though, regardless of where you meet these people.
They connect us to our core values at work, when facing challenges, or during our daily life. The emotional support we receive from our close friends helps inspire us when life feels dull and provides encouragement to overcome challenges.
When we’re faced with uncertainty, our friends are there to provide the positive encouragement that we need to embrace new journeys or face tough times. Our good friends can also notice and let us know that we’re becoming consumed with work or another problem in our lives and need to take a break.
Our social support is right beside us throughout the different stages of our lives. Friends keep us grounded and help us remember what we value and want to achieve in life — even when things get tricky. True friends stand by us when we're adjusting to a new change. They remind us of our potential, relieve stress, recognize our comfort zones, and prevent us from feeling lonely.
10 benefits of friendship
Besides being important, what is the point of having friends? It turns out that friendship can prevent health issues alongside various other emotional or mental health benefits. Take a read through these 10 benefits of friendship:
- Gives us a sense of belonging
- Builds our confidence and self-esteem
- Helps prevent health problems like high blood pressure and heart disease
- Combats social isolation and loneliness
- Teaches us new things and grows our perspectives
- Helps us grieve the loss of loved ones and family members
- Provides emotional support when romantic relationships don't work out
- Motivates us to reach our goals and try new things
- Brings humor to our lives
- Helps us leave unhealthy habits behind
At BetterUp, we’ve seen the positive impact of social connections.
With opportunity to connect with other Members, BetterUp Members reported an increase in social connections. Those high in social connection have 25% higher life satisfaction, 18% higher job satisfaction, and feel 17% more meaning and purpose in their work.
3 common obstacles to making friends and how to overcome them
Finding common ground and sustaining friendships isn't easy. Life happens, and sometimes we grow busy or something holds us back from developing strong relationships.
Read through these three common obstacles to forming friendships, and if they pertain to you, pay extra attention to how you can overcome them:
1. If you always forget things
Write your engagements down somewhere where you'll see them easily if you forget about them. We all forget things, but you won't see any improvement in your social skills if you can't remember to take those leaps and get out to meet people. Use your physical or virtual calendar, sticky notes, or a message board in your house.
2. If you have lots to do
If you have errands to run or things to do, call a friend and invite them along. You can go to the gym, go grocery shopping, and work from home together.
While you're at it, see if your friend has anything to check off on their to-do list that you share and can accomplish together. Spending time together can be easy.
3. If you're afraid of rejection
Being betrayed or abused in the past can prevent us from building social connections again. Rather than see them as things that will eventually fail and hurt you, think of the benefits of social support. Try talking to a therapist to find ways to build a healthy attitude towards making friends.
We all have obstacles that limit us. With BetterUp, a coach can provide the perspective you need to build up your self-confidence and develop skills to put yourself out there and make the solid friendships you deserve.
Social media and friendship
Social media presents us an enormous world.
Social media helps us stay connected with those we can't see in person, whether it's because of the COVID-19 pandemic or we live far apart. It also allows us to make new friends online and expand our social network.
But there are some cons to social media in terms of friendship. While it can be a great tool, it can also get in the way. Social media and mental health have a tricky relationship. While it brings benefits, it’s also be proven to have some negative mental health impacts.
If we spend too much time idolizing social media figures or consuming content, it can distract us from opportunities in front of us. We could miss out on friends who live close by and people with whom we could have deeper connections while negatively impacting our self-esteem.
5 tips to strengthen your friendships
Friendships change and evolve. In adulthood, people experience life at different paces — like being the only friend who isn't married or the only one with children.
Regardless of your differences and the potential obstacles to your relationships, here are five tips to consider to strengthen friendships:
- Be a good listener when your friends are talking —especially if you haven’t seen them in awhile
- Make an effort to keep a positive attitude
- Be consistent with your communication if there’s distance between you
- Open up and be vulnerable with your friends
- Show that you're reliable and trustworthy, even if you have a busy schedule — your friends deserve to be prioritized
How to know when it's time to let a friendship go
Learning the importance of friendship is a lesson that will benefit you for the rest of your life. Your self-worth will grow, and so will your well-being. Understanding that friendship is more than a fleeting connection helps us see the value in what our friends can do for us. They help our mental health, keep our physical health in line, and make life more enjoyable.
But sometimes, we must realize that some friendships aren't healthy.
To finish off this lesson in friendship, here are five tips to know when it's time to let unhealthy friendships go and move on to meet new people:
- Your friend has overstepped the boundaries you've set
- They try to change or influence you to be someone you're not
- There's a lack of interest or effort put into the friendship
- They lie and share your secrets behind your back
- They never apologize when they've hurt you or done something wrong
Finding objective support from someone outside of your circle of friends makes a world of difference. With BetterUp, a coach can provide the guidance you need to help you set your boundaries and make connections with people who will support you for the long haul.
Why Your Friends Are More Important Than You Think
Researchers and philosophers have explored in great detail the emotional dramas of love and family.
But they’ve spent much less time pondering the deep satisfaction of a good friend.
A similar thing happens in our own lives, writes science journalist Lydia Denworth. When something’s gotta give, it’s often our friendships, which take a backseat to our family and work obligations—or our latest fling.
But that’s a mistake, she argues in her new book, Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life’s Fundamental Bond. In fact, research suggests that friendships can help us find purpose and meaning, stay healthy, and live longer. The intimacy, support, equality, and emotional bonds we have in our friendships are unique.
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Her book honors the relationships forged through slumber parties, shoulders cried upon, and kindnesses that don’t need to be repaid. “The science of friendship gives you permission to hang out with your friends and call it healthy,” she says.
“You’re not being indulgent.” In a conversation with Greater Good, Denworth explains why we need our friends and how to keep those connections strong—even in a pandemic.
Kira Newman: How does friendship change for people across their lifespan?
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Lydia Denworth: When you’re very young, of course, your primary social relationship is with your parents or caregivers. But when kids go to school, they start to have deeper friendships that involve, first, doing things together, and then a deeper, shared emotional element. Then in adolescence, it becomes even more abstract and relational.
All the way through high school and college, friendships can feel easy because you are thrown into an environment where you have lots of same-age peers and the pool of potential friends is big. Also, when you’re an adolescent, your brain is as attuned to social signals and connection as it will ever be.
You are really hyper-interested in social activity.
Then in adulthood, as people start to have jobs and maybe get married or have a family, it can become harder to spend time with your friends. Toward the end of life, we tend to come back around to having a little bit more time once kids are grown and careers and jobs are less demanding.
There are these transition points in life when it’s easier or harder to spend time with friends, but what is important for people to know is that friendship is a lifelong endeavor and that it is something that people should be paying attention to at all points in life. I think that people sometimes think (especially in their 30s and 40s), “I just don’t have time for friends right now,” and that’s a mistake.
If you get to be 65 and then now you’re ready to start paying attention to friends, well, it’s a little bit like stopping smoking when you’re 65. If you go from 15 to 65 and you smoke the whole time, it’s still better to stop than not, but some damage will have been done.
And if you don’t pay attention to friends all the way along, the same thing is true.
KN: You observe in your book that we tend to neglect our friendships when we get busy, more so than other relationships. Can you say more about that?
LD: The reason we do that is that we feel more beholden to our family that we’re related to, and that makes plenty of sense—we’re legally and biologically connected to our family members. So, I’m not saying that we should be spending a lot less time with family. But we also feel that spending time with friends, instead of working, is indulgent.
My message is that it is not necessarily indulgent because having good, strong friendships is as important for yourself as diet and exercise, and so it’s something you need to prioritize. If you are forever canceling on your friends or failing to make a point of seeing them or talking to them or interacting with them, then you are not being a good friend and you are not maintaining a strong relationship.
You need your friends to be there down the road. But you have to do the work along the way, or they won’t be there. Friendship does take some time, but that’s kind of good news because (mostly) hanging out with your friends is fun.
The second half of the story, though, is that it’s quite normal for there to be change in our friendships over the course of a lifetime, and that’s OK. Friendship does need to be a relationship that’s longstanding, but you can cycle through several longstanding friendships in the course of your life. So, it isn’t that you can only stay friends with the people you knew when you were young, of course, because plenty of people do make friends in adulthood and those can become closer friends.
If a relationship is not healthy or even if it’s just not serving you well—if it’s not positive, if it’s really draining, or if it’s lopsided and one of you is always helping the other but not vice versa—that’s not so great. I think people need to realize that it is OK to walk away from friendships that aren’t good ones.
KN: That seems like the flipside of all the amazing benefits that we get when we have strong friendships: There’s a lot of potential for pain when we have difficult, conflict-ridden relationships.
LD: Just like a strong relationship is good for you, a negative relationship is bad for you. Even an ambivalent relationship is bad for you, it turns out, biologically.
Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life’s Fundamental Bond (W. W. Norton, 2020, 320 pages)
An ambivalent relationship is a relationship where you have positive feelings and negative feelings about the person or about your interactions with them. And that’s true of a lot of our relationships—almost half.
Researchers had a scale of one to five: How positive does this relationship make you feel, and how negative does this relationship make you feel? Anybody who was two or above on both things counted as ambivalent, which is really broad.
You could be five on the good and two on the bad. What was interesting was that any relationship that was categorized as ambivalent seemed to generate cardiovascular issues and other kinds of health problems.
It’s not as surprising that a toxic relationship would be bad for your health. But I think that the problem with ambivalent relationships, which a lot of us have many of, is more surprising. I think most people suspect that the good outweighs the bad, and so far (it’s early days in that research) it doesn’t look that way.
I think that all this is a reminder of the importance of working on relationships—all of them, but including your friendships. There’s real value in a positive friendship.
If it isn’t positive, then you can do a couple of things. One is you can try to make it better, work on it, have a hard conversation, perhaps. Two is you quit and you say, “I’m not going to have this person in my life,” but that can be very dramatic. And three would be that you shuffle that friend to the outer circles of your social life.
Maybe it’s not someone you can easily stop seeing, but if you don’t rely on them emotionally anymore, then that’s better for you.
KN: Are there some practices you would suggest or steps that you take in your own life to put more time and energy into friendship?
LD: It really does just begin as simply as paying attention and prioritizing. I try regularly to plan to get together with my close friends and the people I care about seeing a lot. We all have relatively busy lives, but I, first of all, make an effort to make the plan, and then I make an effort to get there—to show up. I think showing up is a really critical piece of friendship, in every sense of the phrase.
It could just be that you don’t have time to get together with someone for dinner for weeks, so you have a phone call and you catch up that way. Taking time to catch up on somebody’s life and hear what’s going on with them is an important indicator of it’s worth my time to know what’s going on in your life.
In addition, I think it’s useful to remember that science has clarified the definition of a quality relationship. It has to have these minimum three things: It’s a stable, longstanding bond; it’s positive; and it’s cooperative—it’s helpful, reciprocal, I’m there for you, you’re there for me.
When you’re interacting with your friends, you should be thinking about your side of it. Am I contributing to that? Have I been helpful lately? When was the last time I said something nice or told somebody why I appreciated them or did something nice for someone? Am I a reliable presence in that person’s life? You can think about the way you interact with your friends as needing to fall into those buckets, at a minimum.
The same thing goes for the online, as well: being positive, being helpful, showing up from a distance, whether that’s just checking in by text or sending a funny joke or forwarding an article or calling—making time. People have been stressed and anxious lately, so we need to be there and provide an ear to listen, a shoulder to cry on, even virtually.
KN: Right now, people in many places haven’t seen their friends for months. What do we miss out on when we can’t be around our friends in person?
LD: There’s a richness to being with your friends in person, and it hits all your senses. So, we’re not getting any of the tactile sense of being with our friends, and there’s a difference when you see them on a screen vs. when you see them in person, although we don’t entirely know in neuroscientific terms what those differences are yet.
One of the things our brains do automatically when we’re having a conversation with someone in person is this natural sense of “call and response,” that I’m talking, and then you respond, and then you talk and I respond. We are reading each other’s cues in a way that makes it easier to do that.
When you’re online, sometimes not only is there a little bit of an artificialness to the interaction but there’s literally a lag that’s built in from the technology, and that is quite off-putting for our brains.
Our brains recognize that as a different kind of interaction, and they don’t like it very much. I think that’s one reason why some people are being driven crazy by Zoom. And if you have a group on Zoom, it’s very hard figuring out who’s going to speak next. There’s a way that we handle that with nonverbal cues in person that is harder to pull off virtually.
When you’re in person, you can have a much more natural conversation. There’s an ease and a warmth and a naturalness that we get when we’re with our friends, and I think we really are missing the ability to hug them and high five—that’s big stuff that matters a lot. So, it’s a loss.
That said, people are reporting a lot of positive experiences, even remotely. We’re being forced to interact virtually, but we’re getting a lot of benefits out of it. It’s not the same, but it’s a whole lot better than nothing. Limited though it is, technology has been a lifesaver in this moment. I can’t imagine what this would have been like if we didn’t have it.
KN: What do you most hope people will take away from the book?
LD: That they will make friendship a priority, that they will call a friend and work harder on thinking about the importance of being a good friend, that parents will think about talking to kids about the importance of friendship and modeling being a good friend and prioritizing it. Parents are full of messages about achievement, and not as many messages about what it means to be a good friend, but I think it’s one of the most important skills that a child can develop. Through all our lives, the importance of friendship has been hiding in plain sight.
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Did you know that weak social connections are as dangerous to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day? What is the secret of friendship? Why is it vital?
Interesting Research Facts
No doubt about it, everyone needs friends.
Now, when many of them cannot be seen, and some live in different cities, countries, and even continents, friends are more important than ever before.
This fact may have caused the relatively recent surge in friendship research. Until the 1980s, most research on human relationships centered around the romantic and the sexual. It has recently been revealed that, in addition to the obvious benefits of camaraderie, emotional support, and practical help, there are other little-known "functions" of friendship. They are useful, and even vital for our health.
- In an analysis of 148 2010 studies involving more than 308,000 people, psychologists at Brigham Young University, USA, found that people with good social connections tend to live longer. They concluded that weak social connections are as dangerous to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
- Loneliness has been linked to depression and high blood pressure.
Professor Suzanne Degges-White, who has written several books on the subject, extols the many benefits of friends:
“Friends increase our self-esteem and give meaning to our lives.
They make us feel important. Knowing that we have good friends, people who understand us improves life,” she says.
- In fact, the very presence of a friend can make problems less frightening. This became apparent in a study in which participants were asked to stand in front of a hill alone or next to a friend and rate how steep it seemed. Those who had a friend nearby thought the hill was less steep than those who stood alone.
- Not surprisingly, friendship has slightly different functions at different stages of life. During adolescence and early adulthood, we shape our identities to use our friends as mirrors. However, as we get older, we feel more comfortable in our own skin, so we don't need friends like us. We like to have friends of different ages, with different tastes, interests and views.
- Transitions at different stages of life, such as entering or graduating from university, moving to a new job, having children, and retiring, also cause changes in friendships.
Who is next to you?
According to Professor Degges-White, there are two main types of friendships: friendships based on shared values, and "friends of convenience" - those whom you may see often, for example, at the school gates, but with whom you do not necessarily have friendships or a lot in common.
What friendships continue?
- Friendships that are maintained are based on shared core values. It could be old friends with whom we have a strong emotional history. We don't necessarily see them very often, but we never stop thinking of them as our friends.
- In addition to similar values, several factors are necessary for a friendship to last. We need mutual understanding, trust, not envy or jealousy.
- True friends will support you in difficult times and will be genuinely happy when everything goes well.
- True friends accept your shortcomings and don't undermine your worth.
If you always feel down or emotionally drained after meeting a certain person, this may be a sign that this is not a healthy friendship.
In the life of every person there are "convenient" or "best" friends, with whom many life stories are connected. And it doesn't matter whether you make new friends or keep in touch with old ones - friendship can give new emotions. Appreciate friendship!
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The importance of friendship in our lives [15 reasons]
In fact, friendship does not fit any definition. This is a relationship that cannot be described in words.
Friends are those who make you feel good, they will laugh at the most awkward moment of your life to make you feel better. They are the ones who will be by your side in times of happiness and in those moments when you need them most.
When the world turns to you, they will be by your side. The importance of friendship in our lives is indescribable.
The foundation of any relationship is friendship. Whether it is a relationship with a spouse, children, colleague or neighbor, friendship will be the foundation of the relationship. Without friends, life would be boring and meaningless.
Here are 15 reasons why friendship is so important.
1. Supports us in difficult times
Everyone goes through difficult stages in life. At times like these, you need a shoulder to cry on. Friends can give just that. They will be there to listen to pointless conversations and still acknowledge whatever you say to ease your heart.
They will be there to advise you on how to get through the difficult times you are going through. They will show you the kindness you need when you are in trouble. It is they who understand you and will give you positive energy in any situation.
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Improves the quality of life Just imagine what life would be like without friends. No one to root for your favorite team, no one to hang out with when you have nothing to do. They make our boring days fun.
In general, they add meaning to your life. With friends, you laugh out loud, which makes you energetic and healthy. It can help you overcome depression and thus improve your mental health.
3. Keeps us active
Friends will be anything at any time. They can take you on an adventure trip or somewhere beautiful. When you don't have friends, you are likely to spend time alone at home playing video games or watching TV. But with friends, you are more likely to go out to play or visit clubs and other places.
Friends will always keep you in good shape, so you will be active all day long. This will help you lead a healthy lifestyle.
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4. Share secrets
We all have some dark secrets in life, and friends are like secret banks where your secrets are completely safe.
You can talk to your friends about your stupid mistakes, family problems, etc. You can just pour out your heart with your friends.
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5. Increases self-confidence
Sometimes we doubt our abilities and decisions. But friends will never doubt you. They will be there to encourage you to move forward in life. No matter how difficult the task may be, they will push you to overcome all obstacles and complete the task.
They will help you achieve your dreams and goals by supporting you from the outside. They believe in you and that is the most important driving force you need to move forward in life.
6. Comfort zone
You can be alone with your friends. Whether you're in pajamas, drooling on your face, or without makeup, they just don't care. They love you just the way you are. They saw you in the ugliest manifestations and in the most terrible situations in life. They know you inside out.
They know your weaknesses, shortcomings, dark past, everything, and yet they are with you.
You don't have to pretend to them. So, you are in your comfort zone when you are with friends.
7. Reality check
Friends have the ability to predict situations that we cannot. For example, they will know if your boyfriend or girlfriend is cheating on you; or they'll tell you if your outfit looks good or outrageous.
They will bring you the harsh truth without making you feel overwhelmed. Friends will always bring you back to reality as you wander through seventh heaven.
8. Unconditional love
Our family loves us because we share blood. But friends love us unconditionally. They give us unconditional love without expecting anything in return. When you need them, they will be there for you, no matter the situation. They will always be there to support you.
You will only get this kind of love from your family. We share the most wonderful relationships with our friends, and the time spent with them becomes the most unforgettable in our lives.
9. Lots of fun
You will never hear the funniest jokes unless you are with your friends. Gossiping about others, talking about new movie or song releases, going to concerts and clubs all happen when you are with friends. These long hours of gossip over the phone or in person will forever enlighten your heart. Hanging out with friends instantly lifts your spirits. We spend the most joyful and exciting times of our lives with friends.
10. Strengthens relationships
Long-term relationships will only work if there is friendship. If there is no friendship, there will be no necessary trust, love and support. So, friendship is the foundation of any relationship.
11. Mental growth
Friendship helps the mind to turn into a healthy garden and protects it from decay. Friends help overcome the dark thoughts of the mind. They help you focus on the important things in life. They can refresh your mind with humor and fun activities.
Friendship trains the mind to forget negative thoughts.
Negative thoughts can flood your mind. They eat up a person's happiness. It becomes difficult for a person to focus on the positive things in life. Friends are one of the best cures for this problem. Friends can get you out of bad emotional situations. They help us see things with greater clarity. They show us the brighter side of our problems. By focusing on the positive side, these problems can be overcome. When you are alone, it is impossible to face your problems alone all the time.
We need someone to share our problems with. Someone who can hear your concerns without judging you. Friends do their best to help you overcome bad thoughts and move on to a more positive approach to life. Friendship helps keep your mental health from being destroyed or disturbed. Friends are the gardeners of the human mentality.
12. Stress control
Having friends relieves stress. Friends will make you take your mind off the boring routine or stressful issues in your life. They are there when your life seems to be a mess.
Friends make you look constructively at your mistakes. You can improve your working methods.
Friends know how to make you realize your mistakes. They won't make you feel ashamed or embarrassed in front of other people. They mend our ways and create better versions of ourselves.
When you're stuck in an academic routine or working in an office, friends will be there to make you feel better. Friendship helps to get rid of the stress of such monotonous routine. Friends have meaningful conversations with you. As you live your life, you often need guidance and advice.
Sometimes we act stubborn or tend to do things without thinking. The mind at this time goes blind and does not think about the consequences. Friends are there to talk to you so that you can see the fallacy of your path. They keep us from making mistakes that we might regret later in our lives. These mistakes can also cause harm to other people as well as the person himself.
13. Physical growth
Together with friends, not only mental but also physical health improves.
When friends participate in various physical activities, they convince you to take part in them too. Sports and games help to get a healthy and strong body. Playing sports expands the possibilities of the mind and body. As they teach you, playing with friends becomes even more rewarding. If you can't do something in particular, they will help you achieve it through a variety of methods.
Friends do not bully physical health or appearance. They are trying to improve you along with them. They invest time and effort into you to become a better person.
Both physical and mental health complement each other. A mentally healthy person will be more prone to physical activity. Hence, it will improve his physique.
Involving friends improves both mental and physical health. Friends cheer up while playing sports. They congratulate you when you win and encourage you to try your best when you lose. They don't make you feel weak or incompetent. Recognition of friends strengthens trust in a person.
This confidence helps a person break out of an unhealthy routine. A person tends to engage in more fruitful and healthy activities.
14. Social improvement
Friends are good for a social company. As people move into society, people cannot be completely alone. People need company, and friends are the best company. Friends are attentive to what you like and what you don't like. Friends help to become more socially active and intelligent. Staying with good friends, a person learns the manners and behavior that should be in society.
Some people may make you socially anxious and insecure. You need to learn how to deal with these situations and people. Friends prove very valuable in such scenarios. They try to prevent such situations from occurring. If somehow these situations do arise, they stand up for you. Gradually, a person masters the skills of interaction and communication.
15. Give a boost
Friends are one of the most valuable values in life.
Friendship helps you build each other up and can help you overcome your fears and achieve your life's goals. Often there are some fears in life that prevent people from pursuing what they desire. Friends push you out of your comfort zone so you can learn new things. They make you realize that fear is just a voice in our head. This voice continues to fuel the mind with negativity. This negativity creates barriers to healthy thinking.
Overcoming fear makes things easier. For example, if you want to perform a specific task. Friends will help you by teaching and letting you know that it is not difficult. They will appreciate your efforts, even if you want to quit smoking. Sometimes they add humor to the situation so that you don't get discouraged by your failures. They will keep you going and you will get better at it after a while. It would be very difficult without friends. Friends make it easier to achieve your goals.
Friendship makes life meaningful
A person who remains lonely and has no friends will find it difficult to live with people.
They have a hard time deciding what to do. Friendship adds purpose to life as friends encourage you to pursue what you want. They help you move through life with a more determined and focused approach. It's hard to find good friends, you have to invest time and effort in people to make friends.
Friends stay with you through the hardest and worst times of your life. When a person feels completely lost and broken, friends come to the rescue. Friends see your smiles and know when you are in pain. They know you better than other people. Not everyone understands the intent and purpose of your actions and words. Friends respect your ideas and thoughts.
We humans want to be understood. Friends fulfill this desire and help to restrain their mind and thoughts. They understand and know who you really are. As it is rightly said: “One of the most beautiful qualities of friendship is to understand and be understood.”
As the saying goes, "everything is possible if the right people are around you.
