"Friendship is what life is all about." - John Arthur
There are three basic concepts I want to bring to your notice on the subject of friendship. These CONCEPTS or what I call KEYS may not have been showed you BT anyone. Or even if they had, you might really haven't taken time to seriously consider them. Check them out:
1. Friendship Is The Most Important Relationship That Makes Us Human.
Sociologist, Abraham Maslow calls friendship the Social Need of man. It's our need for affection, acceptance and affiliation with others.
Aristotle further describes human beings as "Social Animals." One writer actually says, “One’s friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.” (George Santayana).
In other words, if you fail to be a friend, you fail to be a human being. This is why those who lose their virtues of friendship and love become tyrants and headaches to societies and the world.
2. Friendship Helps Us To Live Longer.
According to a news in 2019, by Harvard School of Public Health, they noted "An active social life may help you live longer." "People with strong social connections", they said, "may live longer and healthier lives, according to numerous studies."
The news also cited recent research by CNN on 9th May, 2019, about an unusually long-living population on the island of Sardinia, Italy has showed that strong ties to family and friends, along with frequent physical activity, may contribute to their longevity.
The CNN research also mentioned a recent review of 148 studies that found that people who are isolated face a 50% greater risk of premature death than those who have stronger social connections
3. Every Relationship Without Friendship Is Dead.
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Every relationship we have in our lives that has no real friendship in it becomes meaningless. Friendship is what holds all relationships together.
In fact, the life of relationship is friendship. If you want your relationship with people; whether it's your wife, husband, children, parents, friends or even God, to abide forever; the key thing you need to do is to build friendship into those relationships.
I believe these keys will help you to build great and lasting friendships with others. Put them into practice and watch your life greatly transformed.
Kind regards,
JOHN ARTHUR,
AUTHOR | PRESIDENT,
THE SCHOOL OF FRIENDSHIP.