Friendship
Written by Ali
Gallouj
Friendship has lost its sacred qualities
that it had in the past. It often does not last between people for a long time.
Its deterioration goes back to many reasons. There are three striking reasons
of this phenomenon. The lack of confidence between friends, the belief in
personal interests and the change of personal moods.
The lack of confidence between friends
plays an important role in contributing the deterioration of friendship.
Confidence and understanding of friends make their relationship acquire sacred
qualities and therefore last for a long time. Thus, friendship easily collapses
when confidence is absent. For example, a person does not confide in his friend
and does not tell his secrets. As a result, friendship will not take its normal
path. Consequently, confidence is a crucial building block for the continuity
of friendship.
The belief in personal interests of
friends leads to deterioration. The person who bases his friendship with
another just because he will get some personal benefits from him will just
contribute to stop their friendship. For friendship to last, friends should be
helpful and avoid exploiting each other. A good friend is the one who stands by
his friend in all cases of life as the proverb states: A friend indeed is a
friend in need. Unfortunately, the friendship of nowadays seems to violate this
proverb and friends have just to take advantages of their friendships for some
personal interests. Thus, the selfishness lasts for personal interests has made
real friendship very rare.
The change of personal mood also
contributes to the collapse of friendship .Nowadays, life based more on
material things than on human traits. This affects the friends’ mood and
therefore their friendship in a negative way. In addition, the changes of
friends’ values and thoughts make their understanding diverge Therefore, moods
result in the deterioration of sacred qualities of friendship.
To conclude, friendship is a sacred
bond that ties friends to each other for a long time. But, unfortunately, the factors discussed
above hinder the success of friendship and the existence of real human values.
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