My definition of friendship

If life is ever defined in terms of, the amount of sense it makes, then a friend is the one who keeps adding meaning and value to it ! Life is a vacuum if it is devoid of habits, dreams, goals, abilities, morality and friends.

You may or may not not share the same feelings, values, tastes, preferences, likes and you do not have to, with a friend. However a friend is the one who brings an overall wellness feeling, holistic peace, meaningful motivation, freshness and makes you comfortable irrespective of what you are, who you are where you are , why you are and sometimes can keep pitching in queer thoughts, strange actions just to bring solace to your perturbed world and restore balance.

Unfortunately,it is possible that life loses it color, flavor, aroma, sense and confidence when you loose a friend, what it also means is ,a lot would be at your stake when some of your comment, thoughts, behavior, opinions and action of yours will rip the cord of friendship. If there is a measure of friendship bond it would be more likely be related to mutual trust,similar thought-process(or same line of thought) and the extent of mutual freedom space granted during the so called journey of friendship. Trust comes with understanding and honesty ,understanding requires time and patience. Friendship is a feeling and not a relationship. A feeling is a composite subjective opinion based on overall rapport and a sense of comfort with each other. Understanding comes with an effort to understand and attempting to think alike, sometimes with an empathy and trying to see the real picture through your friend's point of view("Put yourself in their shoes"). Friendship flourishes when it is allowed to thrive in an environment of freedom space and intellectual respect. So the key for sustained friendship is effort to sustain it through understanding and the amount of effort required to grant the FREEDOM when required. Ironically some times a friend may expect you for an unexpected help, without him asking for it. The key in either case is balance and also to know what to do at various times, with a sense of intuition helping the cause.