How to get a long term FRIENDSHIP?

I asked my colleagues what is friendship for them. They have a common and synonymous answers. Friendship is being there for a person and being present. Friend is someone who can lend a shoulder for you to lean when seems everything becomes dark across your way. Friend others would say that is a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically exclusive of sexual or family relations. If friend is a companion where there is bond what is now friendship?

Let me show you this (Friend-ship)

Friend-is a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically exclusive of sexual or family relations.

ship-a vessel used to transport.

Typically a grade school knows a ship. If we put the ship into the word friend the result would be friend-ship. Let us have a deeper understanding about friendship.

In friend-ship there is a movement of the bond, it transcends. When you have friendship with a person your bond is deeper and more transcending.

The philosopher Aristotle  identified three types of friendships: Ones based on utility or pleasure, and one on mutual appreciation of each other's values. The first two — 'accidental' friendships — are limited in depth and don't last a long time. But friendships based on virtues build the strongest connections and last.

Let us see this; if you have temporary or material based friendship you have the friendship based on utility. You are friend because the person gains from you or you gained from a person. You are friend because you utilized each other.

If there is mutual appreciation between the two of you your friendship is being getting more deeper.

But the most deep friendship is the friendship based on virtues and the connections last no matter what happened. This is the most perfect friendship that I think everybody wants. You are lucky if you have one person treasured and you are in that state of friendship.

If you believed to what the philosopher Heraclitus says that; "There is no permanent in this world except change" you would rather worry about your friendship that you ave treasured most.

How you can get long term friendship?

I would be giving you tips that I think some are familiar with it too.

Don’t Take One Another for Granted

One of the things that kills friendship is taking your friends for granted. Appreciation is good for a friendship. Small things or big thing appreciation will make the bond even more stronger. It will shows that you recognizes the presence of each of you.

Spend Quality Time with the Friends You Value

Include in your friendship goal a period of time that you bond with each other. Never take for granted that you have quality time. This will make your friendship better and deeper.

Give Your Friends Time for Their Own Life Too

Both of you have your own life to live. Even you are best friend do not intrude the privacy of each. Let your friend live for herself or himself. Let your friend decide. You can give advise but do not be a dictator. That would affect your friendship.

Give Your Friend’s Personal Attention Whenever They Require

Empathy is important. Let your friend always feel your presence and your attention whenever there is a chance and it requires.

That is fro now I hope I give a little idea and tips How you can get long term friendship with these simple tips.