A true friendship cannot be extended to many because it requires experience, intimacy and trust
It’s difficult to say anything about something so wonderful that you live, feel and experience; Putting it into words is almost impossible. You only really learn what friendship is by living it. Friendship means creating bonds. It is a fountain that does not retain water for itself (it would be a well if it did), but gives it spontaneously. The friend also goes to those in need and does not wait for them to come to him. It is renewal for those who give and for those who receive. It is the discovery of hearts.
At first, the other’s name is nothing to us. His life, his gestures, his preferences, his story. But, little by little, our selfishness falls, the heart opens and there is a meeting of hearts, with an inexplicable sensation. Our life changes. We become happy.
It is an affection (affection, deep feeling) that we feel for someone. It has no barriers of color, sex, age, culture, social class, nation. Being and having friends is great, it’s a feeling that goes beyond all barriers!
Friendship is concord of and works, it implies a certain affective unity.
“A friend is half of my soul”, says philosopher Giovani Cassiano when defining a true friend. Some philosophers consider friendship to be a very high value, which is why they were able to say: Without friendship, life is not life!
Friendship is the most necessary thing in life!
What does friendship do to us?
It gives new meaning to life. When everything seems boring, the presence of a friend breaks the loneliness. The joy of living grows. Friendship makes men’s lives infinitely more beautiful and fruitful.
It’s new enthusiasm for the fight. When we are overwhelmed by depression and discouragement, there is nothing better than the understanding of a friend. It makes us supportive. Friendship is a sharing of life: worries, sadness, successes, failures. For that reason, it makes us responsible.
“You become eternally responsible for what you captivate” (Exupéry, author of “The Little Prince”). A sincere friend says not so much what the other wants, but what he needs to hear. He is concerned that he walks on the right path. And if he notices him in danger, he warns him; common interests are created; ends individualism. His problems are my problems; I’m unhappy because you are too. Give and receive; I grow with you. This happens both in the favela and at the Council of Bishops.
Friendship breaks the “If you come at four o’clock in the afternoon, I’ll be happy from three o’clock” (Exupéry). She makes it grow! These are lives that are transformed, ideals that are renewed, enthusiasm that returns, a path that opens up.
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Some characteristics of friendship:
Friendship is a love of benevolence, reciprocally known and manifested; It is a meeting of affection. It is a mutual trust that overcomes the test of time, that is, difficulties. This is what we see when friendship is authentic. Good friends want to be one soul and want to be together in all situations, both life and death.
We can say that the main characteristics of friendship are:
Mutual benevolence;
Certain equality;
Communion of
Communion of life, of love, of ideals.
A true friendship cannot be extended to many because it requires experience, intimacy and trust. Yes, it requires coexistence and familiarity, and this is not possible with many. Aristotle says: “He who is familiar with many is no friend of anyone!” So, deep friendship is possible only between a few people.
An essential characteristic of friendship is reciprocity: loving and
Rita de Cássia de Jesus Dias (Ritinha)
Missionary of the Community