FRIENDS AND FRIENDSHIP

 

                   FRIENDS AND FRIENDSHIP

True fiends are boon companions, comrades, cronies, soul mates, allies, helpers, associates, supporters, benefactors, well-wishers and our second-selves. They are with us in thick and thin.

False friends are selfish. They meet us only in fair weather. It is better not to have them because they cause us pain not pleasure. They are cheats. They are full of excuses. They exploit and impoverish us whereas true friends enrich us in many ways. They heal us when we are sick.

            Friendship is fellowship. It is intimacy, close relationship, mutual affection, harmony, attachment, alliance, cordiality, kindliness, co-operation, helpfulness, self-sacrifice and love.

            It is a blessing to have a life-long true friend. A true friend is said to be the gift of God who unites hearts. According to Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667 )who was a cleric in the Church of England by friendship we should mean the greatest love, the greatest usefulness, the most open communication, the noblest sufferings, the severest truths, the heartiest counsel, and the greatest union of minds of which brave men and women are capable.

            And finally as the Greek tragedian Euripides said life has no blessing like a prudent friend.  

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G.R.Kanwal

23 March 2024