The Benefits of Friendship

            There are many valuable things in life, but friendship may be one of the most important to me. To live life without the experience of friendship is life without living. Human interaction is a necessity to survival, but developed friendships are essential to the successful well-being. People all see friendship differently, but there is one common ground for it, it is always built on a mutual sympathy. In some cases it is transient and finds its end eventually, while in other cases it may last for many years and grow stronger every year. True friendship is built on trust and mutual support. Your real friend will always find time to talk and try to find solutions to the hard situations you face every day. They are always there to help you and expect the same from you. Friends are psychologically comfortable with each other, and sometimes are emotionally closer than with their relatives. From the highest authority to the lowest bums living on the streets all of them have experienced in some way or the other one of these different kinds of friendships. We take this friendship for granted because it is something that exists naturally in society and most of us never really have to actually go out into the world looking for a friend.

             Throughout life I've had many people in my life that I did consider best friends. They were there for me when the time was right, were a shoulder to cry on when I needed, and someone I could really talk to when I needed to talk. But when things got rough I realized who my true friends were. When times get bad you always seem to find this out. After high school I took off to Alberta, in 2006 I decided it was time to come home, as it had been a year, and I missed my family and my friends. All my friends have moved on to bigger and better things without me. In June I found out I was pregnant, none of them were there for me, except for one. During my whole pregnancy we became very close.

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