Lately, friendship has lost its meaning here. Everyone finds it easier to spread rumors and lies about someone rather than tell them to their face. It hasn't always been this way, only come recently has drama gotten to be such a big issue that everyone seems to be wrapped up in it. Recently, I have heard more rumors about more people than I even care to think about.
A good friend doesn't use their "friend" just for their brains. A good friend doesn't wait to tell you when they have a problem with you; a good friend tells it to your face before the problem gets out.
Bacon – the famous essayist - has warned against the friendship between a very rich person and a very poor person. Economic disparity damages friendship. Thus friendship is a feeling of affection between two likeminded persons of uniform status.
It is said that a friend in need is a friend in deed. There may be many friends at the time of prosperity. But most of them desert at the time of adversity. We can examine the sincerity of a friend during our time of hardship and trouble. Only a sincere and faithful friend remains with us at the time of our trouble. All others leave us. It is very painful when our friends turn traitors.
Very often some hypocrites pretend to be friends. They are more dangerous than avowed enemies. By telling soft words they bring enormous ruin to us. A true friend never exploits. He rather surrenders. But at present, the meaning of friendship has changed.
There are many fair-weathered friends. They terminate their friendly tie as soon as their interests are fulfilled. It is very difficult to find a true friend today. It is better to establish true friendship with either a dog or an elephant. Both these beasts will remain faithful to their human friends. Today, friendship between two persons is short-lived.
Friendship is a feeling of love and affection of one person for another. This feeling of love must be reciprocated. Otherwise friendship cannot be possible. Friendship does not exist where tastes, feelings and sentiments are not similar. Good friends exercise good influence. They always help their friends, in distress and inspire them to walk on the right path.
