Mayza Nisrin Abielah / 12320127
Al Inayatul Munawaroh / 12320148
“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light”
said Helen Keller. From Helen’s quote, we understand that we cannot live
without friendship. Friends are people who will accompany us in our life after
our family. However, we might be a terrible friend and do not realize it
whether we are good in our friends’ view or not. To be a good friend is not
easy and it is not difficult too, it is just how we show our positive sides to
our friend. There are the most important things to keep a good relationship
with your friends are be honest, be trustworthy, and always be there in every
conditions.
The first thing we have to do is be honest. If we want to be a good friend and to
have people trust in us,
then we have to be honest about our
feeling, about our friends’ attitude and
how our feel about our friendship. If we are honest
about our feeling, it will open up
direct lines of communication with our friends and
will make them likely to open up to us. If our friends
hurt us, do not be afraid
to talk about it. If
something upsetting us, do not feel too shy to open up to
our friends about it. If we are not sure we can
do something for our friends, do not agree
to do it and flake out later. Our friends
should always feel like they can count on us,
even when the going gets tough.
The second thing is being
trustworthy. It is a very
important part of a good relationship. Building trust
in a relationship may be difficult. Therefore, do not ever make a promise that we cannot
keep or
at least do not make a habit of it. Besides, do not let others say the bad
things about our friends until we have a
chance to know the truth. Then say apology
when we have made a mistake. Additionally, we should be a loyal. If our friends
tell us their secrets, keep it and do not talk about it with anyone else, just as we would
expect our friend to do for us. Be loyal to our
true friends and be prepared to defend them if our new friends, or people we
barely know, start gossiping about them.
After be honest and trustworthy, we have to always be there every time
our friends need us. Do not spend time with them only if we need something from
them, and we should know what they feel or we have to make sure they are ok
when we sense something wrong. If our friends are sad or in bad condition, we
should cheer them up instead of give up on them and leave them behind during
their darkest hours. We have to be a person who always support them for their
goodness sake. If we are
only there for the fun times, we will be no
more than a fake friend who always tries to get the advantages of our friends.
The real friendship will be created by completing these three basic
ways. However, friendship is not only about our happiness with our friends but
also we should know how to position ourselves in every conditions. If our
friends make a mistake, we have to remind them and give them solution because
the real friends will accept the weaknesses of each other. Therefore, if we
want to be a good friend, we should know what our friends feel. As Marcus Tullius Cicero said “Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our
joys, and dividing our grief”.
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