21st century friendship – is there a new reality? 7 benefits of the best friendship
Easy FriendshipFriendship used to be easy – you made friends with neighbors, school mates, work colleagues and with members of any clubs and organisations you belonged to. These avenues are still there and we know all about school, college and office bosom buddies, and budding romance when boy meets girl.
IT’S COMPLICATED
Now we have the complication of internet interaction and web cam wonders.
Internet activity can be the supporting cast of our real-world friendships but it can also be the start of new relationships and on an international scale spanning the globe. Someone can be in Pakistan or India while you are in Singapore! That is how exciting or challenging the Worldwide Web is.
Friendly FraternityFriendship is about action, help, support, appreciation, mutual admiration, spending time together in some shape or form - one or more of these things. If there is none of that – can we really say it is friendship?
Facing up to Facebook Reality“Facebook friendship is not like a friendship established through regular connections. Some Facebook friends just want to add numbers to their Facebook account and/or want to know about you, but don't want to interact with you. It's like reading a newspaper and/or messaging board,” says Ute Medley. “If real friendship develops through Facebook, it will happen in its own time and way.”
Levels of Friendship and MotivationsIn the real world in the 21st century, friendships may not be real either. In Singapore, one of the buzz words is networking. Networking connections may be pure marriages of convenience.
Lessons of History
History may show that Facebook devalued the term friend - but I don't think so if we believe that the greatest kindness, the greatest niceness and the greatest acts of friendliness are giving another the opportunity of friendship and to be a friend. What is a sincere smile? - it is a gesture of friendliness and Facebook gives us great opportunities to be friendly, to smile on all every day and rain down our blessings.
7 Benefits of the Best Friendship according to Arun Sharma
1. Compounding - A friend is a live example of your reflection and adds their life experience to your life experience.
2. Multi-tasking - A friend is a mentor, a guru, a follower, a supporter and best companion.
3. Critical Analysis - A friend is the critic when you are alone. He knows your weaknesses and can help to rectify them when you are with him.
4. Confidential Secrets - A friend is your biggest fan and follower but teaches you when you are in his company. He advises you without letting others know this.
5. Protection - A friend is like a wall to cover your back.
6. Feasting on the fat of the land - A friend does not believe in taking your fruits but rather sharing his fruits with you.
7. Harmony - Friends never hurt, and if someone pretends to be in your friends’ list and hurts then he is not a friend.
About Ute Medley
Originally from Germany, Ute Medley has been living in Washington State, USA since 1988. Ute is an author, teacher, consultant and discoverer of numerical patterns based on a person's numerological profile. In her book Invisible Cloak, Ute highlights the spheres of matter and psyche (mind) and their tangible connection through numbers. http://utemedley.com
Ute Medley: “If real friendship develops through Facebook, it will happen in its own time and way”
About Arun Sharma
Arun hails from New Delhi, India and blogs at http://arunaksarun.blogspot.in
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