Being the "bridge between Earth and Heaven"(as literature describes it), the fact is that true friendship could never be defined using words; us humans have always shown our limits when it came to expressing what we're feeling. Friendship is about giving without a personal purpose, doing something(or anything) for the other someone without asking or expecting anything in return. When a friend is down, the other one feels that and acts accordingly - cheering him up, visiting without a reason, or just being there. Trust, confidence - are always there in this wonderful equation named the other kind of love.
Being your own friend is the first condition though.. A person that is not his best friend in the first place, can't expect to have a friendship relationship with anyone else. That idea is from classic literature and it's true; and so is a quote, saying: "the greatest sweetener of human life is friendship"; these prove once more the value attributed to friendship in literature, whether we're talking about classic or modern works.
Psychologists' take on the subject are, naturally, from a scientific approach - so they propose some theories for defining friendship: rational dialectics, social exchange theory, equity theory, attachment styles and others. All studies have shown that the most important ingredient in a friendship relationship is confidence - it comes to sustain the human in his need to discuss his important intimacies without being betrayed; time is a must in developing such a relationship - and if the confidence is broken once, it will never grow back to the same level that it could have reached in other conditions. Common sense tells us that no matter what we do or try, we can't put friendship into theory - but some general things do apply.
The word itself is very powerful - "friendship" being responsible for modifying human emotions. That's why some(as the politicians) exploit it for their own interest it, by using it in political speeches. People perceive it and react to it at their subconscious level - that's where it power comes from. Politicians have even used it to define relations between states and this contributed to distorting its initial meaning in a way.
Since love transforms itself into a beautiful friendship in the end, we could conclude that it's probably the best human emotion there is - but that would be trying to put it into theory again. The ones who felt it(and I'm sure anyone felt it at least once) know its sweet taste as they also know the bitter sweet of the betrayal. They're both part of our lives and they're here to stay. - 15252
Being your own friend is the first condition though.. A person that is not his best friend in the first place, can't expect to have a friendship relationship with anyone else. That idea is from classic literature and it's true; and so is a quote, saying: "the greatest sweetener of human life is friendship"; these prove once more the value attributed to friendship in literature, whether we're talking about classic or modern works.
Psychologists' take on the subject are, naturally, from a scientific approach - so they propose some theories for defining friendship: rational dialectics, social exchange theory, equity theory, attachment styles and others. All studies have shown that the most important ingredient in a friendship relationship is confidence - it comes to sustain the human in his need to discuss his important intimacies without being betrayed; time is a must in developing such a relationship - and if the confidence is broken once, it will never grow back to the same level that it could have reached in other conditions. Common sense tells us that no matter what we do or try, we can't put friendship into theory - but some general things do apply.
The word itself is very powerful - "friendship" being responsible for modifying human emotions. That's why some(as the politicians) exploit it for their own interest it, by using it in political speeches. People perceive it and react to it at their subconscious level - that's where it power comes from. Politicians have even used it to define relations between states and this contributed to distorting its initial meaning in a way.
Since love transforms itself into a beautiful friendship in the end, we could conclude that it's probably the best human emotion there is - but that would be trying to put it into theory again. The ones who felt it(and I'm sure anyone felt it at least once) know its sweet taste as they also know the bitter sweet of the betrayal. They're both part of our lives and they're here to stay. - 15252
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