Honesty and friendship [Archives:2005/826/Education]

By Saddam Muhsen
For The Yemen Times
We can make friends anywhere, through neighbors, through work and through classmates. But what does friendship mean?

It is something that it is very valuable but you cannot buy it. It must be protected. You have to take care of friendship because it is very easy to lose a friend. It is like a treasure that must be safely kept, friendship is soft.

Friendship means wanting to give more than to receive, wanting to share whatever you can to make someone's life easier, sharing not only the good times, but also the painful times.

Friendship means to give love for others and to say “I am here for you”. Being able to laugh together, to cry together and to overcome difficulties. Friendship is maintained by wiping away the black spots from our hearts.

True friends are those who are honest, trustworthy and helpful, they are those who would willingly sacrifice themselves for the sake of the friendship.

People who forget the good times and betray those who trusted them, those who disguise their true characters behind masks and care for none but themselves are fake friends. They provide a kind of friendship that is feeble and cannot withstand the weakest tests in life. Not all friends are good friends but there will be a few who will be faithful forever.
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