What makes a friendship? What does being a friend mean? lyrics from "Ben" performed by Michael Jackson Ben: Ben, the two of us need look no more We both found what we were looking for With a friend to call my own I'll never be alone And you, my friend, will see You've got a friend in me (you've got a friend in me) Ben, you're always running here and there You feel you're not wanted anywhere If you ever look behind And don't like what you find There's one thing you should know You've got a place to go (you've got a place to go) I used to say "I" and "me" Now it's "us", now it's "we" I used to say "I" and "me" Now it's "us", now it's "we" Ben, most people would turn you away I don't listen to a word they say They don't see you as I do I wish they would try to I'm sure they'd think again If they had a friend like Ben (a friend) Like Ben (like Ben) Like Ben care to discuss?
In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit. ~Albert Schweitzer The friend is the man who knows all about you, and still likes you. ~Elbert Hubbard The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. ~Elisabeth Foley If I had to sum up Friendship in one word, it would be Comfort. ~Terri Guillemets Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. ~C.S. Lewis A true friend is one who thinks you are a good egg even if you are half-cracked.
Had maybe three. Got rid of them all, without thinking, and miss them whenever I think about them. This does not in any way mean we'd be friends were I to meet them again. The chances of anyone "lighting your fire" diminish over time.
Similiar interests, going through a common hardship, kind acts, etc. It's someone you can trust to talk too with anything. Someone you can rely on to help you. Someone that you would help as well. Instead of Ben you should've used: "You Got A Friend In Me". You now, the one from Toy Story? Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
People have said in the past that the success of a friendship is not created by the happiness you enjoy but how well you suffer each others faults and failings. Happiness in friendship is not something to be expected as it only occurs by default. To expect happiness would be to destroy the friendship. In other words good friendship is essentially unconditional. just thoughts...
Someone once said (and I wish I had the attribution): "Two people are truly friends when a silence between them is not uncomfortable." After reconnecting with a high school buddy with whom I'd been out of touch for almost fifty years (thanks to the internet, such a wonderful invention!) I have added Fraggle's Unexpected Corollary: ". . . and there's no time limit on that silence."
Soulful friendships are forged through shared experiences. That said, there are shortcuts. I'd be pretty friendly with someone who gave me a million pounds.