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One of the many valuable things
in life is friendship. A few good
and genuine friends bring colour
and meaning in our life. Good
friends are hard to find, harder to
leave and impossible to forget. A
famous quote by the
novelist C.S Lewis from his
insightful book-The
Coves.“ Friendship is born at
the moment when one person
says to another: ‘What! You
too? I thought I was the only
one.’”
Yes, exactly. How true it is!
Everyone needs a good and
loyal friend in their life time to
share bad or good moments. He
or she should be a person of
whom we can trust deeply and
always stand by our
Friendship acts both as a boon
and a curse. Good friends help
us face most adverse condition.
Friendship is the most precious
asset and it gives us sweet
memorable experience
lessons. It affects our lives in
good and bad
Good friends stand by our side
and encourage us. They provide
emotional support. They are the
ones with us not only in our
happy moments but also with us
in every conditions.
friends help you to
important things when you have
lost them, like your smile, your
hope and your courage. They
always wanted us to be better
than themselves. It is an amazing
saying that ‘A good friend
knows all your best stories but a
best friend has lived them with
you.’ They always try to uplift
and energize us and try to bring
out the best in us. Their little
motivation makes us happy all
the time. Friends are born, not
made. True friends are the ones
who never get tired of listening
to our pointless dramas over and
Irish over again. In short a loyal
friendship refreshes the soul and
Four due to this friendship of course
acts as a boon.
On the other side, there is a
destructive influence also.
Friendship is the worst when it
destroys the goodness in us. An
African proverb says ‘Bad
friends will always prevent you
from having good friends .’ We
cannot hang out with negative
people and expect to live a
positive life. We should not
count how many new friends we
side. can make but count how many
old ones we can keep. A bad
Friendship: A Boon Or A Curse? friend will always take
advantage of our kindness. They
are hard to trust; and will be
only with us in our good times.
Spending time and resource in
and these sorts of friendships fills us
with negative vibes, thoughts
ways. and feelings. And thus,
friendship too acts as a curse.
Friendship is both good and
necessary. Choose our friends
wisely-they will make or break
Good you. As Helen Keller said
find “Walking with a friend in the
dark is better than walking alone
in the light.” The greatest gift of
life is friendship, undoubtedly I
can say this because I have
received it.
-Archana Shankar K T