FRIENDSHIP DAY - FESTIVE FOR TRUE FRIENDS.
Today
is the day of the year where friends from all over the world show appreciation
for one another and remind you why they’re your very best bud. With the
pandemic scare, Friendship day will take digital avatar this year. This Sunday,
young people will miss hanging out and tying friendship bands, but I'm sure
they are thinking of simple and creative ways to make their dear ones feel
special.
Friends
are, by definition, an open, easy circle of acceptance. Friends do not judge,
they are not shocked, and they have your back. Through friends you travel to
other lives, other worlds, and pitch in where needed.
This is day where Friends takes a
trip of memories together to celebrate is an excellent way to make the day all
about each other. No matter how old or young we are, friends are what keep
us going. They are always around to lighten the mood when tensions are high or
as an emotional sounding board when we need to rant about our life’s
misgivings. One can always count on one’s friends, no matter what. And the
biggest privilege in life is being the same for someone else.
Together
we shared experiences and made plans for the future. Eventually, paths diverge
and new friends find a place in our social experience. Our world expands and
our culture changes. With each new friend, we expand our view of the
world. Their experiences contribute to new meaning in our lives. Through
friendships, we grow and broaden our horizons. Eventually, the world becomes
smaller and more connected.
It
is a matter of chemistry. Just like one cannot fall in love with all and sundry,
one cannot send friend requests to whomsoever it may concern. No mountain is
too high, no woe too personal, no secret too yuk. In fact, friendships thrive
on secrets; the darker the secret, the deeper the bond. People come and people go all the time, and the beauty of human interactions is
such that one rarely notices this to-ing and fro-ing, busy as we are moving on
to the new and the newer.
Let
your heart guide, which means making mistakes and latching on to the wrong
types once in a while. But life is long and such heartbreaks too many. Better
to have liked and lost than never to have liked at all. Befriend the friendless
or the life and soul of the party; buddies pop up anywhere.
We
let our hair down when we meet up with our own friends and we let our guards
down when we meet other people who are friends. Like pressing your nose up
against a glass window and looking in, it is a charmed circle. The little
jokes, the bonhomie, the shared escapades... Really good friends make an
insider of any outsider. You envy them — not for money or looks — but the sheer
comfort level. It makes you want some special some-ones of your own.
In
the digital age, friendships are getting more fragile. Live friends are an
endangered species. The kind of pals we make in cyber space, we are aware, can
up and away on a click. Of course, internet has also opened up whole chat-rooms
with millions and millions of potential pals. In the real world or virtual, a
little hand-holding can never go amiss. The question — ‘will you do friendship
with me?’ — is now a global one, with language options.
Lastly, would like to conclude with
some Quotes!
“The glory of friendship is not
the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship; it
is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone
else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.” -
Ralph Waldo Emerson
परो अपि हितवान् बन्धु:
,बन्धु: अपि अहित: पर:
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अहित: देहज: व्याधि: , हितम् आरण्यम् औषधम् ||
Meaning : The person with whom we have no relation, but who helps us in our
difficult times is our Real relative/brother. In contrast the person who may be
our relative/brother (With whom we have blood relations) but who always does
bad things for us should not be considered as our relative/brother. Just like a
disease which is in our own body does so much harm to us while the medicinal
plant which grows in forest far off does so much of good to us!
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