You and Me Against the World – The Beauty of Friendship
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Cathy_Raff]Cathy Raff
Real friends are so hard to come by. It is so tragic that once we find them, we so often let them slip through our fingers because we forgot to let them know our new address or became too busy and important to care what happened in their lives.
The secret of finding the true beauty that lies in a long lasting friendship is simply to let it grow. There are no pressures in a real and trusting friendship, other than to simply be there when you are needed.
The problem is – how do we know when we are needed? Ah – this is when problems begin; this is when we begin to realise that being a friend requires a little attention from time to time.
We all have a wide circle of people we contact for this or that reason: friends who share our bowling nights; friends who join our annual hike around the lake for charity in the summer; friends who tagged onto the end of our networking site; work friends; drinking buddies. These people are part of the tapestry of friendship; pleased to see us from time to time as we are pleased to see them.
Long term friends are different. They are the people who cried with you when you lost your pet puppy; the shoulder you cried on when your girlfriend dumped you for the class hero; the guy who lent you his last dollar so you could buy your Mom a birthday card. Those people require and deserve a little loving care.
‘You and me against the world’ friendships are rare; buried treasure in a sea of casual cordialities. Those friendships need looking after and as true friends ask for so little when you consider how much you get back. Buy your best friend a rel=nofollow Christmas friendship gift that means a little more than a trite and worn out phrase in a tacky Christmas card. It seems little to do for someone who would drive miles in the dead of night to be by your side if you need them.
Friendship between best friends is a two way exchange – the eternal sharing of trust and love that outclasses just about every other relationship you will ever have. Look after it – it may be the only one you will ever be blessed with. Give it some air from time to time and feed it with plenty of contact and an occasional thoughtful friendship gift.
I believe in Friendship, I believe that it is so healthy for us. I know that if it was not for my friends I would be in a different place today and not a better place! I also like giving – no I love giving! I believe that when you give you get – and you get even bigger!
For those two reasons I have created The Friendship Stone, come and join us watch how The Friendship Stone travels the globe and infects people with the Giving Feeling! http://www.thefriendshipstone.com!
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