The Beauty of Friendship

anthoworx
By anthoworx

Came across an explanation on friendship.. so thought to share it..

Acquaintance, friend, lover, partner, soulmate. The pattern of human contact that is so vitally important to our being. Emotionally, we not only need to feel connected .. we desire it. But what is a connection? How does it happen?

A *friendship* stems from a successful acquaintance. It is the next step. The connection. Once a friendship is made, the dynamics change. We are excited to open up and share experiences of our lives, and it is then that we have the opportunity to ~learn~ from our new friend's experiences. It is fun to share. But it is imperative to listen. If we are receptive enough, we come across many opportunities for friendships. Look at each person you consider a "friend" and imagine what you have met him/her for. What have they taught you? What can they teach you, if you allow them? The saying "I am only human" .. fits well here. We are all human, on the same level .. going through the same perils, yet why do we still feel the need to compete? Isn't it much easier to help one another? Isn't it more fulfilling?

Let us not find ourselves insecure. Each and every time we come across a challenge, something that pushes us into that *jump into defense mode* wagon .. take a moment to think that maybe, just maybe .. you are being given a gift. If you learn this lesson, you may not have to go through it again. So priceless.

Acquaintance, friend, lover, partner, soulmate.

Will you take advantage of talking to the person standing next to you in line?

At least smile.

In the very least, you just may make someone's day!

By marie_2• 8 Feb 2010 03:28
marie_2

A friendship thread last year...

and now, i'm reading posts of a lost persona on someone's buddy list. You must have lost the magic in your smile...

...listen to the sound of silence....

By anthoworx• 7 Feb 2010 15:46
anthoworx

u there ? am back.

~ * ~ * ~ * ~

Even Birds find Nest to Rest... am still Wandering.

Cheers

~ AK ~

By GodFather.• 7 Feb 2010 12:21
GodFather.

Where there is a Friend, there is always a sheep and in Dracula case there is always a goat..:)

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Can We Fix It?

Yes We Can!

By DaRuDe• 7 Feb 2010 11:52
Rating: 4/5
DaRuDe

Well she deserves the best and may she get the best and may i be on her best top 5 list :D

By Formatted Soul• 7 Feb 2010 11:45
Formatted Soul

Da..How can I resist a comment when I see your name..lol

By DaRuDe• 7 Feb 2010 11:42
DaRuDe

i knew it i knnnnnnewwwwww it you will jump in here you stalker.

:/

By Formatted Soul• 7 Feb 2010 11:40
Formatted Soul

Thats sad:( probably she is lost in the heavy snow...its half meter snow there:( when the snow melts we can find her back:)

By DaRuDe• 7 Feb 2010 11:35
DaRuDe

dont blame me i havent done anything or even talked to your that buddy for weeks.

you must have done something naughty or stupid. now go get that buddy back on list again you lazy bum.

By M_Decent_Friend• 7 Feb 2010 11:23
M_Decent_Friend

Hello Soniya....h r u? I strongly disagree with ur saying. You might be having some unpleasant experiences in life. One should not forget that all fingers can never be equal, same is true with friends also. So, please stop punishing others for a mistake they never committed. All I mean is .....One can not look GOOD by making others look BAD. May Lord bless ur Dictionary.

Regards,

SANDEEP

By anonymous• 29 Dec 2009 17:35
Rating: 5/5
anonymous

today, in one of the news channels, i came across a nice example of friendship..

in some country, in a zoo, a lion cub, a tiger cub and a bear were kept together where they could play together.

its amazing that after 2 years, the zoo officials have not yet seen any instance of fights between the three animals. they are best of friends and love playing together..

this proves that, if the basic needs of wild animals are fulfilled, they will remain friendly naturally..

thats probably because they dont suffer from complexes...

By anonymous• 29 Dec 2009 17:34
anonymous

maybe you are right boston..but they didnt say anything about their sex..

By anonymous• 29 Dec 2009 17:23
anonymous

Maybe they were all male. If you put one female in the group, you'll be surprised what will happen!

By deepinmyheart1224• 29 Dec 2009 17:11
deepinmyheart1224

LOVE CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS

There ain't a dream that don't

Have a chance ,To come true now

It just takes a little faith baby

Anything that we want to do

We can do now

There ain't nothing in our way baby

Nothing our love couldn't raise above

We can get through the night

We can get to the light

Long as we got our love to

Light the way , With a little faith

Just a little trust ,If you believe in love

Love can move mountains

Believe in your heart

And feel, feel it in your soul

And love baby love can Move mountains

Ocean deep and mountains high

They can't stop us

Because love is on our side baby

We can reach the heavens and Touch the sky

Just believe it, believe in you and I baby

If we got love that is strong enough

We can do anything, make it through anything

'Coz through it all love will always find a way

With a little faith...

You believe in me, I'll believe in you

If we believe in each other, Nothing we can't do

If we got love that's strong enough

Love will find a way

With a little faith

By deepinmyheart1224• 29 Dec 2009 17:02
deepinmyheart1224

prog..DaRude will give me 3 thongs...dont worry i will put it back soon...for the mean time let it be like this..a humble one;))

By anthoworx• 29 Dec 2009 16:42
anthoworx

do u only believe in power of friendship or u dare to step into the ship too... i will get it to the shore... hop in..

By simplyJC• 29 Dec 2009 16:36
simplyJC

hi anthoworx, nice "friendship" post..i like it...i myself believe in the power of friendship...true friendship that is...so priceless...

"there are no mistakes...just lessons learned"

By progression• 29 Dec 2009 16:29
Rating: 5/5
progression

i can sense good friendship is developing here, right now.

friends are better than your far away relatives, sometimes better than your brothers. not that your brothers or relatives are bad, but because friends like relatives are gift from God.

deep, so, the thong didn't arrived huh. i guess your old image is better than today. in my humble opinion only.

progress

By jani_qa• 29 Dec 2009 16:13
jani_qa

hmmmmm

By anthoworx• 29 Dec 2009 15:54
anthoworx

offcourse love can move the mountain.. but what if love want to settle on the mountain..

By deepinmyheart1224• 29 Dec 2009 15:00
Rating: 4/5
deepinmyheart1224

but antho love can move mountains

By anthoworx• 29 Dec 2009 14:52
anthoworx

yeah surely patient remove the mountains like faith.. but let the mountain be there this year.. we will decorate it with love...

By deepinmyheart1224• 29 Dec 2009 12:37
Rating: 4/5
deepinmyheart1224

scary indeed darude but at least u had one toothless friend....oh yeah antho patient patient remove mountains like faith;)

By anthoworx• 29 Dec 2009 12:11
anthoworx

i wear the smile always... if you missed it dont worry you will find it at right time.. be patient.

By DaRuDe• 29 Dec 2009 12:09
Rating: 2/5
DaRuDe

that will be a very scary face then you dont want to have nightmares.

By deepinmyheart1224• 29 Dec 2009 12:08
Rating: 5/5
deepinmyheart1224

darude.. u can always wear a smile without showing ur teeth, try it;)

anthoworx..i didnt catched ur smile, again again pls....

By anthoworx• 29 Dec 2009 11:58
anthoworx

my suggestion to you.. if your friend is your enemy.. declare failure.. i bet you will be the winner in life.

By Straight Arrow• 29 Dec 2009 11:54
Straight Arrow

that is exactly what I wanted to say, also because your enemy in the war is obvious for you.

By anthoworx• 29 Dec 2009 11:45
anthoworx

i know one reason.. they are the people who know you well.. your strength and weakness.. if you have anything else please explain...

By Straight Arrow• 29 Dec 2009 11:42
Straight Arrow

Friends are more dangerous than eneimies, do you know why?

By anthoworx• 29 Dec 2009 11:39
anthoworx

dont worry friendship ship sails with friends in it not with their beauty...

Khalid... to make friends or have friends you need not have a caste or creed...

deepinmyheart.. passing a smile to u :) deep from my heart.

By DaRuDe• 29 Dec 2009 11:32
DaRuDe

and what if one doesnt have teeth in his mouth and is ashamed of smiling??? then what should he/she do?

By Straight Arrow• 29 Dec 2009 11:31
Straight Arrow

Just for your information we as Muslims have different view to friend ship

here is a question:

Dear sir/madam,

I want to know about friendship between male and female. Is that allowed in Islam?

I have lots of friends both male and female. I belong to the Hindu religion. I have Muslim boy and girl friends in real life. No problem in that.

I had one online chat-friend from Pakistan. She is also Muslim. We were talking for more than 6 months. Mostly about spiritual things, but she left me by saying the reason is religion.

She always called me as a brother. She never accepted me as a boyfriend. I want to have her friendship. She is such good girl. How can religion become a barrier for our friendship?

Why don’t people have trust in the friendship between male and female? Is there no possibility of good friendship between male and female? Why the negative thought of sin.

Please answer me.

If you want the answer please click on the link:

http://www.readingislam.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=IslamOnline-English-AAbout_Islam/AskAboutIslamE/AskAboutIslamE&cid=1123996015538

By deepinmyheart1224• 29 Dec 2009 11:30
Rating: 4/5
deepinmyheart1224

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of frienship

.

By DaRuDe• 29 Dec 2009 11:20
Rating: 4/5
DaRuDe

I prefer RPG than sword. Fire from a distance :D

By anthoworx• 29 Dec 2009 11:20
Rating: 2/5
anthoworx

i shared the post in general not taking in mind this is qatar or am talking about any individual..

you find parents when you are born, you have siblings and you accept it coz you have no choice.. when it comes to sailing in a ship of friends you have a choice... to hop in..

FS.. my post was not to hunt new friends.. anyways thanx for your comment..

Victory... everyone takes failure as fate.. but no one jumps to the track of race.. try running on the track with a niche.. it would be more satisfactory then being a spectator on seat...

Darude... FS.. Shakespeare says the worst enemy is the person who touch your heart.. now it could be with a thought or with a sword..

By DaRuDe• 29 Dec 2009 11:15
Rating: 5/5
DaRuDe

Kaput is my new enemy now along with colt

but yes you are still my worst friend.

Enjoy till it lasts.

By Formatted Soul• 29 Dec 2009 11:10
Formatted Soul

Darude...you are my worst enemy:(

By Victory_278692• 29 Dec 2009 11:09
Victory_278692

each person's perception and priorities in life are different. We have learned (since birth) to compete and win, feel happy and celebrate the success.

Rightly said we do feel insecure and jump into the defensive mode especially when in public forums.

We need to appreciate that some are really blessed with certain special gifts.

Keep smiling :)

By DaRuDe• 29 Dec 2009 11:09
DaRuDe

you are the worst of all in my friends :/

By Formatted Soul• 29 Dec 2009 11:09
Rating: 2/5
Formatted Soul

Good thought Antho!! Hope you get some good friends on QL..:)

By DaRuDe• 29 Dec 2009 11:09
DaRuDe

or sheep there is always a friend around .

By Straight Arrow• 29 Dec 2009 11:07
Rating: 2/5
Straight Arrow

As a Qatari guy who is standing in the que for example I would never ask a lady that I do not know a question.

It is our attitude here, but again this is different from one person to another also from a Qatari guy to another Qatari guy.

But we may ask a man in the que and discuss something with him (this is my way).

It is also your luck whether the person infront of you is willing to talk or no.

You say sharing lives experiences, well I think this should not be discussed with anyone except your soulmate or parents and if bad experience with a woman then never ever tell this to your wife.

I know some guys who like to tell us about their relations with women, and I consider these people very silly and bad and illness carriers because they may affect other peoples lives.

See it is your belief which protects you, that is to say some people think more experiences is always good, but these experience could be like a circle and you can never get out of it so better stay away from it.

If you are happily living with your wife and you consider to make a friendship with a girl, this friendship can develop and grow and after some time this girl may knock on your door and say I am pragnant and I am carrying your child and guess what may happen, you may run after her and leave your wife and children and destroy your life if it was a happy life.

Always think twice before any friendship.

By psrafeeq• 29 Dec 2009 11:03
psrafeeq

hm,

By Victory_278692• 29 Dec 2009 11:01
Victory_278692

commitment at this junction of LIFE! Good one..

Have fun and enjoy life, whatever one is blessed with!

Check here

http://www.qatarliving.com/node/514668?page=1

By anthoworx• 29 Dec 2009 11:01
anthoworx

that's just not any comment or reply.. its the fact.. everyone is in hurry and just jump to wrong ship.. haven't u heard all that glitters is not gold..

now take off your sun glass...

By jani_qa• 29 Dec 2009 10:57
jani_qa

nice post anthoworx

By soniya• 29 Dec 2009 10:57
soniya

hahaha..nice comments antho...BTW, whoz looking out me in that forum???

By Rizks• 29 Dec 2009 10:56
Rating: 2/5
Rizks

Soniya zi, i know m in ur buddylist.

Do one thing , delete me and again add me. So tat i know who all are there in my buddlylist every now and then....lol

By anthoworx• 29 Dec 2009 10:55
anthoworx

someone looking you out on the thread "How's my new avatar?"

By anthoworx• 29 Dec 2009 10:53
anthoworx

thanx mathboy..

soniya.. switch on the light and focus it on the topic.. no i dont want that.. being free whole day i was just wandering on net... got this topic so thought will share.. thats it... ditched in friendship ??? then you must have got on wrong ship.. if u would have patiently waited for the right ship... u would have be sailing happily...

By marie_2• 29 Dec 2009 10:53
marie_2

"smile "

nice post :)

...listen to the sound of silence....

By soniya• 29 Dec 2009 10:53
Rating: 3/5
soniya

I think u r in my BUDDYLIST, RIZKS..Its ok for time pass...lolzzzzzz..I don't go for frdship that go last till my last beadth...lol..hahahha..I m not that kind of person..Neways, all QLers r frd with each other..isnt it???

By Rizks• 29 Dec 2009 10:51
Rating: 4/5
Rizks

Soniya zi can i do FRIENDSHEEP with you ? :)

By mathboy• 29 Dec 2009 10:49
mathboy

"It is imperative to listen". It is a good one anthoworx.

By soniya• 29 Dec 2009 10:48
soniya

So what do u want QLers to do now?? Do u want us to put some more lights on ur topic??? Its enough buddy...Lolzz..Its a nice definition...But u know, i have always been ditched in FRDSHIP..So the word FRDSHIP has no place in my dictionary...Though i admire seeing others..But i can't find myself in their place..

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