by Parin Waljee

Created on: March 04, 2010   Last Updated: March 07, 2010

Friend in need is a friend indeed. I heard this phrase when I was a child and have kept it sealed in my mind to date. Friends are special and it's up to each of us as to how we make friends and keep them for good. However,  we can make friends anywhere and everywhere in the world but the question here is do we possess good qualities to become good friends to people around us.

I recall those days when I was in my teens and making friends for me was as difficult as working out in a gym in the wee hours of the morning. To me it was more of a task than a pleasure to make friends and be good to them. As I matured I gradually understood what a friend means and how to be a good friend at the same time.

Good friends should nevertheless possess good qualities and understand values that matter to the opposite person. Keeping one thing in our minds that how would we feel if we were treated nastily by our circle of friends. I'm sure we all feel down in the dumps when we realise our once good friend has no intention to continue his or her friendship with us or then we feel neglected and left out while socialising and not getting appropriate attention from our friends.

To keep all this away we got to remember that people who are our friends need us in certain phase of their lives . By being a friend one should dedicate some precious time by being good listeners and helping out as much as possible . The fruits of that friendship will be somehow noticeable later as the same friends we help day in day out stand by us in our worst of situations.

Zarin ,is my best friend and I must say when I first met her I wasn't quite sure she'd become my most closest friend ever. Today after just one year of our friendship I feel she is more like my sister than just a friend. She cares, she listens and of course she's present whenever I need her, even at the stroke of midnight.

By being a good listener and understanding your friends you can have your haven of good and selected friends who are not only healthy towards your well being but as good and loving as your close family members.

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