The true meaning of friendship is that you both give and take. However, you give without expecting anything in return. Friendship is when you hold the needs and wants of your friend above your own, rather than being as important as your own. Friendship must have an element of sacrifice to it, because it isn't a challenge to be pleasant to someone when you are not actually losing anything.
Aristotle declared that "Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies." It is the most unselfish of all loves, for it seeks only the happiness and good of the other.
Friendship is that relationship in which two people may share openly and equally with each other. A true friend will listen more than lecture; help more than criticize, pick one up when he falls, and share happiness, joys, griefs and fears. A real friend will not always tell one what one wishes to hear; but will always tell one what he needs to hear. A friend will be there for one when no one else will, and will always put your happiness above his own. A true friend laughs with one, not at one, and will always be there when needed.
Friendship should be somewhat fluid. As we grow and change, our interests, goals, and desires change. It would not be unreasonable to assume that our friends and friendships would change as a result. A friend is also one who does not necessarily accept us for who we are, but pushes us to be a better version of who we are. In other words aids us in becoming who we are meant to be.
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