Dec 7, 2010

misunderstanding between friends

Interaction always has a scope for positive and negative exchanges. Though we are bound by commonalities in case of friendship, the mark of respect is always supreme. There are boundaries in friendship too which one must never cross. It is fine to correct your friend but at the same it is essential to accept their flaws or shortcomings. A true friend is a person who calls a spade – A spade. This is done with no partial view. Life often draws circumstances where we all change. 

Our goals as in school seem to be at a micro aspect but the basic human quality to excel is present in all of us. Opportunities make us a personality and hence there are rifts that are initiated during friendship. Often we are short of time and quality friendship needs expression. Cocooning in our own world we expect positive feedback at all times. This nurses resentment and each friendship goes thought the test of time. 

In case you have misunderstood your friend, be the first one to convey apologies. Waste no time in winning back your best friend. Time and tide wait for none and say sorry before it is too late. Beyond money and position, life is incomplete without the love and company of our friends. It is important to register the drawbacks and also communicate clearly that you do not acknowledge a particular opinion. Like different personalities in a family, friendship revolves around compromise. 

Clash of opinions or lack of time can result in ridges between two friends. Space in friendship is valuable. Each person has the affinity for certain things, different people and we must respect it if our friend prefers a different company this Friday night. It is fine to express your opinion but interfering in others life is not recommended. During times of peril or misgivings we seek out the company of our good friends. Renewing old friendship is actually not an effort. The joy of friendship is the forever kind and justified with the compromise one has to make in maintaining the relationship.