Friends are playing a significant role in our route to create our personality. As a persian proverb says "You tell me who are friends, then I tell you who you are".
Some people believe cementing relationships with old friends is more important for happiness; however, others believe establishing new friendship is better. As far as I'm concerned, making old friendships deeper and developing them can be more effective to make us content for several reasons among which the most chief ones are as follows: we can rely on long-term friendships, we can reveal our true character, and our emotions contract in this type of friendship.
First of all, I heard from someone that if a friendship maintains for 10 years, that relation is not a friendship anymore. Friends in that relationship are family members for each other. To illustrate, I tell my secrets only to my family, and only one of my old friends. Although I spend much time with a colleague of mine, I am not able to share my feelings with him. On the contrary, I am comfortable talking about my emotions with my old friend, Mehtis. For example, I really loved my girlfriend in university. When we broke up, the only one that I told her, was Mehtis. Moreover she was very supportive and assisted me to leave those hard days behind.
Second, old friendships are more reliable than fresh friendships. Old friends understand our problems and we count on them in confronting problems. For instance, last year I lost lots of money in the stock market. Furthermore, I was unemployed and I was in a tight budget. Ali, one my old friends, Found out about the issue, due to this fact he borrowed me money. It is not possible for me to imagine if I have asked my newer friends, and they had helped me.
Finally, one of the advantages of old relations is that you can be yourself without any mask or ego. For instance, when I meet new people I try to be nicer than my true self, due to the fact that I want to have a good impression on them, and also know more about them to adapt a perfect way to start a good relationship. Similarly, they do not disclose all their beliefs and prospects; as a result, we should grow the friendship step by step, which is time-consuming and may not pay off.
To sum, there is a controversy about whether it is better to keep old friendships or make new friends. Personally, I prefer spending my time with my old friends instead of wasting my time for new friendships because old friends are reliable, they are good help in severe conditions, and also I can be myself with them.
Friends
are playing a significant role in our route to create our personality. As a
persian
proverb says
"
You
tell
me who are
friends
, then I
tell
you who you are
"
.
Some
people
believe cementing relationships with
old
friends
is more
important
for happiness;
however
, others believe establishing
new
friendship
is better. As far as I'm concerned, making
old
friendships
deeper and developing them can be more effective to
make
us content for several reasons among which the most chief ones are as follows: we can rely on long-term
friendships
, we can reveal our true character, and our emotions contract in this type of friendship.
First of all
, I heard from someone that if a
friendship
maintains for 10 years, that relation is not a
friendship
anymore.
Friends
in that relationship are family members for each other. To illustrate, I
tell
my secrets
only
to my family, and
only
one of my
old
friends
. Although I spend much time with a colleague of mine, I am not able to share my feelings with him.
On the contrary
, I am comfortable talking about my emotions with my
old
friend
,
Mehtis
.
For example
, I
really
loved
my girlfriend in university. When we broke up, the
only
one that I
told
her, was
Mehtis
.
Moreover
she was
very
supportive and assisted me to
leave
those
hard
days behind.
Second,
old
friendships
are more reliable than fresh
friendships
.
Old
friends
understand our
problems and
we count on them in confronting problems.
For instance
, last year I lost lots of money in the stock market.
Furthermore
, I was
unemployed and
I was in a tight budget. Ali, one my
old
friends
, Found out about the issue, due to this fact he borrowed me money. It is not possible for me to imagine if I have asked my newer
friends
, and they had
helped
me.
Finally
, one of the advantages of
old
relations is that you can be yourself without any mask or ego.
For instance
, when I
meet
new
people
I try to be nicer than my true self, due to the fact that I want to have a
good
impression on them, and
also
know more about them to adapt a perfect way to
start
a
good
relationship.
Similarly
, they do not disclose all their beliefs and prospects;
as a result
, we should grow the
friendship
step by step, which is time-consuming and may not pay off.
To sum, there is a controversy about whether it is better to
keep
old
friendships
or
make
new
friends
.
Personally
, I prefer spending my time with my
old
friends
instead
of wasting my time for
new
friendships
because
old
friends
are reliable, they are
good
help
in severe conditions, and
also
I can be myself with them.