Friendship

"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." - Anais Nin. The quote by Anais Nin states that there are people in your life that bring the best or worst of you out. Some people may bring out a side of you that you never knew existed. Whenever you meet a new person, a new world, or personality, may be created. You can act like one thing with one person, and like like something else with another person. To help understand what friendship is, the dictionary states that friendship is “the emotions or conduct of friends or the state of being friends.” Friendship to me means that you have few or many people who you can confide anything to. You trust them with anything you say and you believe that they will always be there for you. To have a true friendship, you have to have trust, respect, and happiness.

In a friendship, it is important to have trust. Trust is the firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something. Trust is important because you need to believe your friends and not doubt what they tell you. If there is no trust in your friendship, more than likely you aren't very good friends. You need to know who your real friends are. If they don't trust you, then they aren't worth your time. If a friend asks you to hang out and you say no claiming that you have to spend time with your family, a true friend would believe you and not think that you were blowing them off for someone else.

Respect is important in a friendship. The dictionary definition for respect is a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements. Without respect your friendship would most likely dissolve into nothing. In life, you need to respect your friends and their decisions. What they choose is up to them, not you. You may not agree with their decision, but you have to respect it.

Happiness is needed in a good friendship. Happiness is feeling or showing pleasure or contentment. You need to be happy and enjoy spending time with friends or your whole friendship is pointless. In life when you hang out with your friends, you have to enjoy spending time with them. Make memories you'll always remember. Don't hang out with your friends if you're not willing to have fun. While you hanging out, if you're bored and not having fun, then you're ruining it for everyone else.

Trust, respect, and happiness are all essential to have a true friendship. You must be able to do all these things in order to have a good friendship. Without these things your friendship is most likely to fall apart. It is important to be happy in a friendship. If you're unhappy, the friendship really isn't worth your time. Stay happy, trust and respect your friends and have fun. Spend time with the people who trust and respect you, not those who continually lie, and judge your decisions.