Incredible India monthly contest of March #2| Value of friendship.

Greetings friends and welcome once again. Friendship is a very important part of our existence and one of the best gifts one can have in life is a good friend.

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It’s can be difficult passing through life struggles alone and having someone who we can confide in and share our down times and good times together is worthwhile and that’s what friendship is all about.

What is the Value of friendship?

The value of friendship is in the sharing and in being able to step out of our comfort zones to make sacrifices for the people we love. Friendship is doing to others what we would want them to do to us. It’s been there for others when they need us the most.

Friendship is sacrificial and sacrificing our time to be there for the people we love, giving them our shoulders to lean on and cry in difficult times if need be and our finances to help out when we can.

Do you believe we can share various things with friends that we can't share with our blood relation? Justify your answer.

Yes, this is obtainable in most relationships. There are actually friends that stick closer than brothers. I feel this happens a lot be it may seem easier to confide in someone who don’t have a blood tie with. Siblings may tend to snitch on us with family but that may not readily be obtained with friends outside.

On my part, there are some things I can’t readily tell my blood relation but I feel very comfortable to confide in a friend. For example, I don’t feel comfortable sharing my love life with my siblings but I could share my relationship challenges with my friend.

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Once I made a huge loss on a business investment and when I shared it with my elder brother and he was mad. The only reaction I got was his madness at me and he left me to sort it out alone but I shared the same challenge with a friend and he wasn’t on the attacking side only, even though he blamed me for my mistakes, he stood by me to map out plans to make up for the loss.

So honestly when am faced with certain challenges, I talk to my friends. They are more objective in finding solutions and when the problem had been solved, then I could bring it back home and it had worked for me everytime.

Share about your first close friend and mention whether you are still in touch or not!

My first very close friend was by my girlfriend Doris. We met after my high school and she lives close to my neighborhood. We became good friends and we would do things together such as make the same hairstyles, go to prayers together and even sleep over at each others house.

We were best of friends until I left for college. She also left to the city and since then we’ve only met once and that was during her wedding. We live far from each other but we are still in touch with one another. We talk often on phone and I’ve visited her in her husbands house once when I came to the city where she lives.

Do you have any memorable incidents with your friend? Share.

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I have a lot of memorable incidents with my friend. Aside the fact that we did things together, I enjoyed the fact that I could talk share some in-depth challenges with her and she has always helped in her own little way. One of those incidents was how she stood by me some years ago when I had serious challenges with my then relationship.

I remembered calling her and crying and she was very patient to listen to me pour out my pains. Then I needed to live the city where I was and she asked me to come stay with her for sometime to get a little relieve from my toxic relationship. I stayed with her and her husband, they gave me food, we prayed together and when I was leaving, they gave me money.

It was a very trying period of my life and she was there to help the much she could. Am glad she’s my friend and my confidant.

In conclusion, good friendship is a great blessing and if you ever one, cherish it.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Your comments are welcomed. I invite @ruthjoe, @rehman57 and @dexsylux to participate in this contest. Thank you @meraindia for this contest.