Buddies forever

Do you have any???

Our hearts feel heavy when it comes  to keeping secrets. You need someone with whom you can share any secret with full trust. Who is better for the job than your friend? 

But how would you find the trusted one? Because in the modern era, everyone you know or have met a couple of times are termed as a friend, but only a few would have the privilege to call someone a true friend.

This is what I got to learn from the result of a survey conducted in our school about friendship. A majority of students felt that they were very friendly while very few admitted themselves being choosy. 

The maximum number of respondents had friends who were schoolmates, while many others had friends among their relatives. A few children said they choose friends who are equally talented in academics while many others just wanted their friends to be good at heart. 

The survey also revealed that most of the students felt that standing for their friends in need is very important to maintain a friendship. Others believed that sharing would strengthen friendships. Some other students felt that there should be a better understanding between friends.

I have noticed that many times even if someone gets in trouble due to their friends, he/she would not like his/her friends to be in a problematic situation because of them. 

Most of the children want to continue their friendship through thick and thin. I salute such friends for their unbreakable trust and friendship. 

It needs only a little amount of cooperation, better understanding and complete trust to lead your friendship to a height many would have just wished for.

(Published in The Gulf Today on October 11, 2014)