What does friendship mean to me

Friendship is honesty, love, warmth, loyalty, and simply someone you can be with and have fun with. Friends are non-judgmental; they give you unconditional love. They put you ahead of themselves. And to BE a good friend, of course, we should reciprocate these qualities.

Friendship is having someone who will always love you no matter what but won’t hesitate to tell you that you’re acting irrationally. It knows that you can pick up the phone when you’re at your lowest and have someone who will listen.

When interacting with others for an extended period of time, the easiest thing to do is spot their flaws; however, friendship entails knowing we are both flawed but still valuable to each other and the world. Someone being a friend does not necessarily entail that they will know everything about you or your day-to-day life, and that’s okay, too. Navigating friendships is subjective, however worthwhile. Friendship is reciprocal in that you give to receive.

Friends are the ones who can sense when you're feeling down; they're the ones who reach out and say they were thinking of you just because. Although I may not see them for a long period of time, they are still the closest people to me because our connection surpasses time. It's like there is an invisible cord connecting our spirit.

However, friendship is not always intimate and close-knit, and that’s OK. Your friends have other friends as well, some they may consider closer than you, or who they share more history with. Nevertheless, that doesn’t make your bond any less valuable.

It's also important to understand that, sometimes, not all of your friendships will stand the test of time. Maybe you've grown apart, maybe there's the distance between you, or maybe you no longer have as much in common. Maybe a friendship just left your life for no reason in particular. People come in and out of our worlds because we needed to learn something from them, and they learned from us. Just because the friendship didn't last doesn't make their footprint on your life any less impactful.