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The Value Of True Friendship

How Your Relationships Influence Your Way Of Living

Joren van Schaik
7 min readDec 19, 2018
Image Credits : ju_sajjad0

“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” — Thomas Aquinas

Thoughtful Questions

With Christmas around the corner, have the following questions also visited your mind lately?

What is real friendship to me?
Which things should I value most in these relationships?
Which qualities am I looking for in others?
How can I become the best friend I can be?
Am I fulfilling my role as a great friend?

You come across a vast amount of people on your path. Every individual has his/her own opinions, daily habits, beliefs and overall vision about living.

As we are slowly closing in on the end of this year, I want to help you meditate on the meaning of the relationships in your life.

What are the essential elements of a healthy, uplifting friendship?
Who are the people that add to our happiness, or detract from it
?

We have to acknowledge the fact that our relationships are one of the major sculptors of our identities along with our present surroundings and upbringing.

With this article, I want to focus on the important aspects of friendship, and how they undeniably impact our lives.

Support Forges The Iron, And Triumph Brings People Together

Our drive to achieve personal goals solidifies when we have people behind us who believe in who we are. You don’t need an endless crowd of supporters. If you have a few people in your life who genuinely care about you and encourage you to face the music, the mental weight of your endeavours reduces significantly.

With that in mind, we should remember that our companions also cherish their personal hopes and dreams. Just like you and me, they could also use some assurance and support. Everyone appreciates someone having their back.

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Joren van Schaik
Joren van Schaik

Written by Joren van Schaik

Writer, Cinematographer & Video Editor of “WOLVEFANG” on Youtube. Misfit and Free Thinker.

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