The Goodness of Friendship

True Friendship True Friendship should include the following qualities in both people: Bringing Out the Best Friends should help to seek what is good for the fellow person. Friends should help encourage you to attain a high quality of the self. They urge you to use your talents, to make positive decisions and to grow into a dynamic, caring and loving person.

True Friendship Loyal and Honest When a friendship is honest, those friends are able to be open and explicit with each other, and expect confidentiality. Even when the truth can seem ugly, a true friend will listen, will attempt to understand and try to respond to the best of their ability.

True Friendship Mutual and Equal Friendship must be a two-way street. You give and receive mutually, and over time in various different ways, equally.

True Friendship Accepting of Who the Other Is If it is a true friendship, both people know and accept each other’s good and not- so good qualities. That is a real test of friendship because it is easy to deal with someone’s good qualities.

True Friendship Available and Generous Generous or kind acts may come from a lot of different people with different relationships to you, but these acts are especially important between friends. One of the greatest gifts one can give is time.

Levels of Friendship 1.Close friends Meet the criteria of a true friend Not everyone you meet is meant to grow into close relationships – it should not be expected from every relationship you create 2. Acquaintances You know a little about that person You say hello to them and make small talk Examples are coworkers, school mates, neighbours

True Friendship 3. Collaborators People who share a common interest People who come together to complete a task (sports team, group project) Relationship does not necessarily continue once task is complete 4. Buddies Usually form around a mutual interest or activity An examples may be 2 people who play league volleyball once a week. They go out afterwards for a bite to eat or drink. The relationship only ever revolves around volleyball.