The Magic of Genuine Friendship

Friendships

Life is an exciting adventure when you have somebody to rely on, to go out with and have good laugh with, even better when you’re able to share secrets and life experiences, to be able to pour your heart out to that person is what I consider friendship. Friendship is an essential part of my life and there are examples from my personal life to prove it. The concept of friendship is when two people meet or more and through an exciting process of getting to know each other find out that they are on the same wavelength. Friendship is about genuine communication, respect, and care, about always having each other back. So, friendship is so much more than posting the selfies at the football game or taking a snapchat and uploading it. So much more than getting drunk; it is about supporting each other and overcoming obstacles together. As a matter of fact, friendship is about acts that confirm the kind and benevolent motives of a true friend. There's a vivid example of my genuine friendship with my very good friend, Adi, who went out of her way to make sure I ate last week. As I already mentioned, last week I was having a very rough week and I was running short on money. I didn’t, however, mention it to anyone though she noticed and without me saying anything when I came out of class she took me to buy groceries. This example of one of my best friends going out of her way and making sure I had food is a true example of what a supportive, genuine friendship looks like. I have been truly blessed to have crossed paths with amazing human beings as such.

She also made a sacrifice as she did this, and expected nothing in return. She took me grocery shopping and got food for a whole month. She is too a college student like me yet decided that she was going to support me through the hard time I was going through. Instead of feeling sorry for me she took action. “Lending” is giving without expecting to get it back, something fairly typical in friends, neighbors and even family. For example, my neighbor, with whom I get along with and would consider her another one of my close friends, needed sugar to finish her cake the other day and had to time to run to the store. I without hesitation gave her a pack of sugar, probably more than what she needed. Though this may seem like something so simple it counts. Even though it is highly likely that I won’t get the sugar back, that one act of kindness could be returned later on in life. And even if it doesn’t, that’s the beauty of lending and being a kind person. Everyone has at least once experienced genuine friendship in their real-life; the type that gives you unconditional love, the type that makes you forget everything for a little while, the ones that know your embarrassing stories, the ones that have seen you in your absolute worst yet continue to be there no matter what. Everybody can think of precious and moving moments from his or her life with a friend, which proves that as long as we live, we will need our friends.