and Maintaining FRIENDSHIP FRIENDSHIP SONG RELAY Lets PLAY

and Maintaining FRIENDSHIP ♥

FRIENDSHIP SONG RELAY Let’s PLAY!

* • Aristotle declared that "Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. " It is the most unselfish of all loves, for it seeks only the happiness and good of the other. • Friendship is when you consider the other person's well-being to be as valuable as your own. • Friendship is that relationship in which two people may share openly and equally with each other.

“A friend in need is a friend indeed” *Importance of Friendship 1. To grow individually 2. To boost self-esteem and gain confidence 3. To offer you fresh perspective 4. To learn life lessons and respect differences 5. To unconditionally love and care for you 6. To Help and support you 7. To share secrets and other things, being loyal 8. To give you honest opinions 9. To be in your comfort zone 10. To spend time and enjoy

Tips on How to Form and Maintain Friendships

Take Initiative In other words, don't expect the other person to make an attempt to get to know you if you are not willing to get to know them and be yourself. You cannot sit around waiting for the right people to come into your life because it will never happen.

Do Not Rush Things If things were meant to happen, then it will in time and happen on their own accord and when the time is right. There is no need to rush into something with your eyes covered just because you found a friend or someone you can relate to. Rushing into things is a major obstacle that ends up hurting a lot of people because they get too close too fast and end up disliking one another.

Learn Something From each Relationship They allows you to understand things about yourself and grow to be a better person, or perhaps they helped you through a difficult time and taught you to cope with certain negative situations easier. Whatever it is, there is something to learn and grow from. Understand why they are in your life at that time, and what you did and they did that helped the relationships, or even destroyed it.

Compromise, Freedom & Mutual Benefits In other words, all the people involved are helping and benefiting one another, are making compromises, and not controlling one another. Control is one of the major reasons why relationships are dysfunctional. Likewise, you cannot force anyone to be in your life or do things you want. So learn to compromise and most importantly, understand that freedom is key since if you love someone, platonic or romantic, being able to let them, as well as yourself, be happy on their own is the key to successful relationships.

Recognize Unhealthy Relationships ! There are times when arguments will happen, disagreements, conflicts, fights, it's normal for any relationship really since we all have things we disagree on and have different perspectives on. There comes a time when no matter how much you try to get a friendship or romantic relationship to work, the two of you are simply no longer able to get it to work in a healthy manner. Perhaps it's that your perspectives no longer align, meaning that you no longer are compatible. But what you can do then is see it as a sign of growth and that you have learned so much from the experience, and that you are stronger and can connect better with others. Because the truth is, not all relationships last. Even the most compatible people can drift apart. But, it's nothing to fear, but a chance to learn and grow.

* q q You Complain A Lot You Ditch Your Friends When You’re in a Relationship q You’re Selfish q You Don’t Care About Your Friends q You Stir Up Drama

q q q You Keep Score q q q You Gossip You Get Jealous a lot You Expect Too Much From Friends You Bully Your Friends You Don’t Get Out Enough

Kinds of Friends

q LISTENING FRIEND - hears much and talks little. . . q "BIG MOUTH" FRIEND - talking all the time, never stops to hear what you've got to say. . . q INTEREST-SEEKING FRIEND always asking you for something. . . q SUSPICIOUS FRIEND - seems to be interested in diverting from the righteous paths. . . q NEUROTIC FRIEND - asks you about 500 times if you have a problem, and then shouts that you never open up. . . q NOISY FRIEND - makes everything surprisingly quite after he/she leaves. . .

q PROBLEMATIC FRIEND - always in trouble, an eternal source of concern. . . q ABSENT FRIEND - the one who's never around when you need a friend the most… q TROUBLE-MAKING FRIEND - always puts you in embarrassing situations. . . not always on purpose. . . q DAYDREAMING FRIEND - joins you in your most utopic dreams. . . q PARTNER FRIEND - a good companion to party, travel, and have fun with. . . q BANKER FRIEND - always$ help$ you in time$ of trouble. . .

q TIGHT-FISTED FRIEND - the opposite of your banker friend. . . q AIR-MINDED FRIEND - the one you give up on as somebody to share anything deep. . . q PHONE-ANSWERING MACHINE FRIEND is never home when you call him. . . and sounds like you have a new 'electronic friend' every time. . .