Friendships. The Art of Having Many Good Friends
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What is friendship? Here is a simple definition of friendship: the supportive and cooperative relationship between two or many people. Of course there are different friendship levels. What is the meaning of friendship? “It is the tendency to desire what is best for the other : sympathy; empathy; honesty; truth and mutual understanding.” We see all the importance of friendship; the necessity to develop good friendship. In this section, we provide you with efficient tips on friendship. With these practical advices, you will learn how to develop friendship. This vital knowledge will lead you to success and happiness. Actually it is not difficult to make friendship. Friendship development is possible when someone knows how to do it. The following friendship articles will help you succeed and be happy. For anyone who wants to make friends and keep them, it is relatively easy. Indeed, anyone who thinks, speaks and acts well is soon surrounded by many friends and have the best friendship. In fact the attitude and behavior are crucial in the formation of friendship. Friendship and communication are linked, one of the best friendship bridge is to learn how to communicate well. This section will talk about that. Read again the following parts: Learning to listen well. Learning to observe well. Learning to speak well; see: Health of the mind (mental, intellectual) We will show you how to avoid toxic friendship that sometime lead to a broken friendship. Ending relation is sometime necessary; but healing broken relations is possible; you will also learn how to do so. However, we know that some people will never accept a friendship offered to them from the bottom of the heart; for reasons both simple and complicated. Whatever we do, some people prefer no to have friends; they prefer to be alone, enclosed, in their small corner. Sometimes these people have been disappointed and wounded in their self-esteem. Thus, enclosed in their loneliness, these people no longer believe in mankind; they no longer believe in amity. These are real facts about friendship that many friendship books do not mention. But sometimes for those people, it is not the desire to be alone. Rather, it is a fear, a dread or a pathological shyness; an inferiority complex, a depression or other problems related to mental health. We have discussed these topics at our page: Health, in the section: The conquest of the unconscious (subconscious). See the page Emotional health (feelings, emotions, sentiments) One way or another, to all those people we say: "Take courage! All is not lost. You can also create and maintain amity. Know that the true and sincere amity, which comes from the heart, can bring you success and happiness. Offer your friendship and accept it when offered to you, because in life people rarely succeed alone. Offer your amity and accept amity, but be wise and be careful." If you apply these judicious advices, you will pass many friendship tests. "A friend in need is a friend indeed" The most common friendship test is when someone is in need; this is the test of true friendship, because when difficulty appears few amities past the test. You know what? Most of these difficulties could be resolved with money. That is why we invite you to explore this topic again: Money Discover also these proven suggestions: Join this affiliate program and make money Join this Profitable Affiliate Program and Earn money. Maximizing Sales & Repeat Orders, Giving You Generous Profit-Sharing, Treating You like a True Partner; Go at the bottom of the page and click on: Sign Up. Inscrivez-vous à ce programme affilié et gagnez de l’argent. Au bas de la page cliquez sur : Sign Up.Join and Earn money. Inscrivez-vous et gagnez de l’argent. Why Build Just a Web Site? Build a Web Business. Pourquoi juste bâtir un site web. Démarrez votre entreprise sur le web. Are you stretched for time? Why not let our top specialists build your entire site for you? With our experienced and results-oriented Service, our Specialist literally does it all for you; from keyword research to page-building to traffic generation to monetization implementation! Choosing this advanced "Do-It-For-Me" solution puts you on the road to Success, while freeing up your time for other important life/work responsibilities. Without wasting time, here are the highest-converters... The Best Way To Build A Business Web Site? Let Our Specially Trained Experts Build It For You... We Build Sites That Actually Work! La meilleure façon de bâtir un site web d’affaire? Laissez nos experts le faire pour vous… Nous bâtissons des sites web à succès.
Family values and friendship are also linked. Parent and children should spend time together, having amity activities and building strong attachment; because we know that childhood and teens friendship are vital for their emotional development. In this website you will be able to build epic and golden friendship. If you apply our proven advices, your social network will increase. More friendship means more success and happiness. This website: www.Health-Sexuality-Money.com has been created for you. We encourage you to put into practice all principles we suggest in our Institute, and many things will be better. From our experience, the information we provide you with here is the best recipe for friendship. Here is also another meaning of true friendship: amity is a symbol; it is a symbol of Love and Respect. These two virtues are vital. Please read this section again: Health of the soul. There you will find many advices that will help you build marvelous amities. How will you feel is you where surrounded by faithful and tender friends? Surrounded by people with whom you share your joys and sorrows. How will you feel if you always had someone to talk to? Someone to whom you can turn at any time, being certain that he/she will listen to you; being certain that a compassionate soul is ready to help you; to understand you. It is possible. To make friends and keep them is easy. Every well-balanced person search for friends and accepts amities. Of course, such a person may leave without friends. But he/she is seeking friends, in order to share noble virtues with them, so that they grow and contribute to the advancement of our civilization. Be the person that people always want to meet and stay with. People are eager to meet you, when you beam virtues listed at our page: Health, in the section: Health of the soul. You bring them love and happiness. And this facilitate your professional relations (work, business, undertakings), but also your human relations (interpersonal relations) as a whole. People avoid individual with gloomy mood and macabre thoughts. Bad mood and negative aggressiveness put amity away. Mischief and malice prevent good relation. People with negative thoughts and vices of the worst kind are avoided like plague. People like to make friends with those who are well dressed, clean and smell good. This is very important; because the formation of a friendly relationship is also linked to the first impression and appearance. Your teeth, breath, face, clothes, manners, words, thoughts, determine the first impression you make. These criteria speak for you, even before you begin to talk. At our page: Health, read the section: The importance of taking care the body and clothes.. See: Health of the body Keep smiling :) This does not mean that someone has to smile all the time. But a beautiful smile, a smile from the heart, goes to the heart of people and warms their heart. Sincere smiles and laughters create amities. An engaging laughter, engages more muscles in the human body than any other part of the body. This shows all its importance. Someone said: "We do not laugh because we are happy. We are happy because we laugh." But vice versa is also true. And we add: "We laugh because we are happy. We are happy because we laugh." And this completes that. To laugh from the heart can help overcome depression, strengthen the immune system, beautify the face, etc. Laughing and smiling are also a good friendship recipe. There are symbols of friendship. We already knew that laugh is a powerful therapeutic tool. But from there to create a laughter club... it takes some doing. :) Discover that club at our page: Health, read again the section: Laughter yoga, the last paragraph of the main section: Here is a list of disciplines. They are alternative medicines. Simply put: people like to be in the company of those who enhance their own aura. That is probably why many people seek the company of celebrities; celebrities in the noblest sense of the term, of course. Because the company of sad celebrities makes us sad; the company of poor celebrities makes us sad; there is a real danger there, such companies are even to be avoided. Here again, the Golden Rule is welcome: "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you." Let’s paraphrase: "If you want people to be your friends, be their friend first." We reap what we sow. Whoever sows friendship, harvests friendship and become an angel of friendship. The Golden Rule is also one of many amity symbols. To be helpful is a good way to create amities. Being helpful means: to be useful. People are sensitive to someone who wants to help them. Approaching someone with good intentions, with the intention to make its life easier, creates a strong bound; it creates sincere attachment. People turn to those who are competent; whether in their profession or in any other activity. At the Institute of Human Cultivation, we say to everyone: "Being good is good. Being better is better." Try always to be the best in everything you do, and you will be surrounded by many friends. See also: Professional relationships (work, business, undertakings) Friendly attitude that we show to people, makes them want to approach us. People seek the company of friendly people. A friendly person is a person who illuminates the live of his fellow creatures with noble virtues. Be a source of love, joy, success and happiness for people, and they will be your friends. Learn to say words of gratitude for friendship. Enjoy this page? Please pay it forward. Here's how... 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This having been said, it is possible to assert your opinion while respecting that of your vis-à-vis. People realize easily when we respect their opinion. These people feel respected and loved. They appreciate that. They want to be our friends. Respecting an opinion does not mean that we accept its content. To ridicule someone or ridicule its opinion, is not the best way to make friends. Especially when it comes to sensitive issues such as philosophical ideas, political choice, believe, religion, culture, education and so on. A person injured in his self-esteem could become an enemy; even a deadly enemy. Indeed, it is possible to have different opinions and even opposition on an issue, and yet remain good friends. The best way to change the point of views of your vis-à-vis, is to begin the conversation in parallel. When you address the conversation in parallel, it is easier to assert your opinion. To address a discussion in parallel means: to not object immediately; but first take time to listen and understand; take time to make him understand that he/she is understood. After that, argue your point of view, without offending the sensitivity of your interlocutor. But please, speak the true; because to lie is one of the fastest way to break amities. Remind yourself of this: one way to change someone or its opinion is to be a living example of what you want him to be or believe. Someone should be able to appreciate in you, the change you want him to operate. Barry White sing: "Practice What You Preach". You remember that? In other words: "Put into practice what you preach." Children and adults also learn by imitation. Let people imitate you. In this world, there seems to be as many opinions as people. And I'm willing to bet that there are more opinions than people, different or opposed opinions. Some opinions are even irreconcilable. So? Set a good example and let people imitate you. To this end, there is a difference between to convince and to persuade. A persuaded individual is more than convinced. We are persuaded, when we accept an idea or opinion by ourself. It is possible to persuade people, with love and respect; seek their interest; be honest, sincere and objective; go straight to the point, with simplicity; seek mutual benefit and stimulate their curiosity and sensitivity (you must prick the curiosity and sensitivity of the person you want to persuade). Talk to the person and make him / her think. Talk to her / his emotions and heart. Show him a foretaste of pleasure and happiness that your idea or opinion will bring to him. Show them the importance of what you want them to accept. Detail all the benefits they will have. Illustrate your words with examples; show clearly how what you say will improve their material and spiritual life. Flatter him, in all honesty, with stimulating and exciting words. Show also the good example, and people will imitate you; and you will persuade them. Of course, we should have say in the very beginning: "It is possible to persuade someone else, when we are persuaded of what we say." In other words: "Be persuaded and you will persuade." Let your vis-à-vis talks, and you will see how he/she will appreciate your conversation. Your interlocutor will appreciate your company and seek it at all times. Because this is what he / she thinks deep inside: "Here is someone who understands and listens to me. Here's a good friend." You see, people love to express themselves and express their ideas. And whoever gives them that opportunity becomes someone with whom it is good to talk. U-Tube, Yahoo questions / answers, Facebook, MySpace, etc., have understood this simple truth. Experiment this: let others talk, and encourage them to talk about issues that matter to them. You will see how people will quickly seek your presence and your amity. You will also learn a lot... During a conversation, let us not be always the first to speak. A stupid or an ignorant may appears intelligent or scholar, as long as he keeps silent. But as soon as he starts to talk, and especially to talk about what he does not know he is caught in the act; he is done... “Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise.” (Proverbs 17:28) During a conversation, some topics may be economy, politics or religion. Most of the time, these themes are sensitive and may be serious amity tests. But it also depend on how it is discussed. One of the best way to have interesting conversation regarding those topics, is to know more about and respect your friend opinion (as long as it does no endanger you). Read the following section: Economy, politics, religion (spirituality). For some people, the language barrier is an obstacle to amity. Wisdom says: "Love is a universal way of communication." We agree. Having agreed with this tender thought, we want to add this: "Love is a universal language." Is the linguistic dimension must be taken lightly? No. It was said that "The way to a man's heart is through his stomach." Let’s paraphrase this truth, by saying that: "The way to a man's heart is through his language." To speak and write well a language facilitates communication and created attachments. Learn a language. Learn the language of your friend. Or, if you do not have time to study, learn some basic words: "Good morning, good evening, please, thank you, goodbye," and so on. You will see how your vis-à-vis will be pleased to hear you speaking his language. Your relation will solidify. Break the language barrier, break the ice and make friends. Here in Canada, there are two official languages: English and French. Most people speak both languages here. But there are many other languages: Spanish, Creole, Chinese, Vietnamese, etc., due to immigration. Many times I have found that the language barrier prevents some people to make friends, and even find a suitable job. It saddens me when I see people with good diplomas but miserable jobs, because of the language barrier. By improving… mastering the language of the country where they live, these people may find a job that suits them. And diplomas that adorn their wall, will begin to decorate their wallet... NB: Careers related to human relations have a good future; the trend is good.. “Kill two birds with one stone.” That language barrier may be a source of inferiority complex, timidity and loneliness. Language is also the product of thought. How can you express your thoughts and take your place in the sun, if you do not learn the language of the country where you live? If you do not master that language, it will be difficult to master your life. There are many degrees of knowing a language. To build few sentences with proper grammar (abbreviation, orthography, punctuation, vocabulary, syntax, conjugation, etc.), means: to be polite with a language. Of course, few mistakes may slip-ups in it, especially when that language is not your first language; which is my case: :) At our page: Health, read again the section: Learning to speak well.; and the section: Learning to write well.. See: Health of the mind (mental, intellectual) But mastering a language can open many doors that lead to success and happiness. It is easy to make a self-evaluation. For each language, there is a test; those test checks the basic minimum that someone should know. We invite some people to pass it. Better than that, we invite everyone to master the official language of the country where he/she lives; and also its own mother tongue, of course. Learn a language well. Learn the language of your friend, and especially the language of the country where you live. In doing so, you will create friends and grasp job opportunities. We just emphasized the language barrier because that barrier does not facilitate professional relations (labor, business, undertakings). Language barrier is an obstacle. This obstacle does not facilitate human relations (interpersonal relations) as a whole. To conclude this section on the art of making friends and keeping them, we invite you to read a book. Among many books about friendship, here is an interesting one: How to win friends and influence people. Dale Carnegie.. This book brings grist to our mill. It is full off friendship lovely poems; but also with good advices. This book is full of practical advices in relation to its title. Note that if we were the author, we would have titled: "How to make friends and keep them.” The first time we've read this book, it has enchanted us and warmed our heart. It will also enchant you and warm your heart. And if you put into practice all our advice and others advices of this book, you'll be surrounded by many friends; you will succeed and be happy! Friendship quotes and sayings are many. Among many great quotes, this one caught my heart: "Friends are the Angels that help you fly" Julia VeRost What flowers symbolize friendship? In our opinion: Rose and Violet. Because they are the color of friendship.
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