The best kind of friend is the one with whom you sit on a bench saying Nothing & when you get up and go YOU feel YOU' ve had the Best conversation of your Life !!!!!

Friends are the family that we choose for ourselves ..

Means of ABC For A FRIEND

A Friend....
(A)ccepts you as you are
(B)elieves in "you"
(C)alls you just to say "HI"
(D)oesn't give up on you
(E)nvisions the whole of you (even the unfinished parts)
(F)orgives your mistakes
(G)ives unconditionally
(H)elps you
(I)nvites you over
(J)ust "be" with you
(K)eeps you close at heart
(L)oves you for who you are
(M)akes a difference in your life
(N)ever Judges
(O)ffer support
(P)icks you up
(Q)uiets your fears
(R)aises your spirits
(S)ays nice things about you
(T)ells you the truth when you need to hear it
(U)nderstands you
(V)alues you
(W)alks beside you
(X)plains thing you don't understand
(Y)ells when you won't listen and
(Z)aps you back to reality ..

Sand vs Stone

A story tells that two friends were walking through the desert. During somepoint of the journey they had an argument, andone friend slapped the other one in the face.

The one who got slapped was hurt,but without saying anything, wrote in the sand:

TODAY MY BEST FRIENDSLAPPED ME IN THE FACE.

They kept on walking until they found an oasis,where they decided to take a bath. The one whohad been slapped got stuck in the mire andstarted drowning, but the friend saved him.After he recovered from the neardrowning, he wrote on a stone:

TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE.

The friend who had slapped andsaved his best friend asked him,"After I hurt you, you wrote in thesand and now, you write on a stone,why?" The other friend replied "When someonehurts us we should write it down in sand where windsof forgiveness can erase it away. But, when someonedoes something good for us, we must engraveit in stone where no wind can ever erase it."

LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SANDAND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE

दोस्त

बहुत दिन हुए वो तूफ़ान नही आया,
उस हसीं दोस्त का कोई पैगाम नही आया,
सोचा में ही कलाम लिख देता हूँ,
उसे अपना हाल- ए- दिल तमाम लिख देता हूँ,
ज़माना हुआ मुस्कुराए हुए,
आपका हाल सुने... अपना हाल सुनाए हुए,
आज आपकी याद आई तो सोचा आवाज़ दे दूं,
अपने दोस्त की सलामती की कुछ ख़बर तो ले

Friends Forever

F riends
R esponsible
I ntelligent
E xciting to be Around
N ice Always
D ependable
S miles a Lot

F riendly Personality
O utstanding
R eally Great Memories
E xcellent Listener
V ery Kind
E njoyable
R emember our friendship

Triple Filter Test

In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said, "Do you know what I just heard about your friend?" "Hold on a minute," Socrates replied. "Before telling me anything I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test."

"Triple filter?"

"That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say. That's why I call it the triple filter test.

The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?""No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and...""All right," said Socrates. "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second filter.

The second filter is goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?""No, on the contrary...""So," Socrates continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him, but you're not certain it's true. You may still pass the test though, because there's one filter left.

The last one is filter of usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?""No, not really.""Well," concluded Socrates, "if what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?"

True Friends

FRIENDSHIP DOESN'T NEED EVERYDAY CONVERSATION,
DOESN'T ALWAYS NEED TOGETHERNESS.

AS LONG AS THE RELATIONSHIP IS KEPT IN THE HEART,
TRUE FRIENDS NEVER GO APART.

Aristotle On Friendship

FRIENDSHIP is a kind of virtue, or implies virtue, and it is also most necessary for living. Nobody would choose to live without friends even if he had all the other good things.

There are, however, not a few divergent views about friendship. Some hold that it is a matter of similarity: that our friends are those who are like ourselves. Others take the contrary view.

Three kinds of friendship

Friendship based on utility. Utility is an impermanent things: it changes according to circumstances. So with the disappearance of the ground for friendship, the friendship also breaks up, because that was what kept it alive.

Friendship based on pleasure. Friendship between the young is thought to be grounded on pleasure, because the lives of the young are regulated by their feelings, and their chief interest is in their own pleasure and the opportunity of the moment.

And perfect friendship is based on goodness. Only the friendship of those who are good, and similar in their goodness, is perfect. For these people each alike wish good for the other qua good, and they are good in themselves.

And it is those who desire the good of their friends for the friends' sake that are most truly friends, because each loves the other for what he is, and not for any incidental quality.