Does REAL FRIENDSHIP exist in today's world ??

A deep sense of hollowness & an urge to write about a new topic after the unexpected end of India's superb journey in the recently concluded Cricket World Cup, led me to an article in the English Daily recently.

It was about Emotional Connects, Shared Love & Concern.

 Now I find all these traits quite evident in “REAL” Friendship. You may laugh at my supposedly naiveness saying “Does the “REAL Friendship actually exist in today’s world?” But let me tell you, in spite of all the need based connect the world around us has , there exist at the corner somewhere a sense of Concern, love & an emotional connect for chosen few which we rarely bring out fearing we may be miss-judged, used or stamped as a fool.

According to me, this feeling of "Emotional Connect" is a very vital aspect in Real Friendship. One has to have a connection full of emotions with the few real friends. It may not be there for every other acquaintance you interact with day in day out but for chosen few it is essentially there. But one has to keep the emotional connect relevant and palpable at all time as it is always in a work- in- progress mode for both the parties.

   

Close on the heels of emotional connect is “Shared Love” which is - the strongest bonding factors for such real relationship. Now here, Love may not be the Love as in between lovers or sibling or even children but a Love of Friendship which is Real.

Shared Love brings a sense of “Concern” among the real friends who standby each other in times of adversities come what may. In today’s world where even the blood relatives don’t stand with you in difficult times, presence of a Real Friend is absolutely heart-warming & reassuring.

As they say “The most important irreversible thing you can give to somebody is –TIME…”. Real Friendship is not bound to the digital medium but prefers face to face sharing of Interests & Emotions which helps making of real memories which stays for ages & cements friendship. In one to one interaction, sharing your mutual stories of success & failure helps to hit it out instantly.  

          

When real friends meet, they invariably go back to the old shared memories & this brings a bond of togetherness between both but this feeling may be momentary unless backed by mutual emotions & empathy. For this, one has to open up with the chosen few & let them peep into ones innermost world –share one’s deep thoughts & emotions & be equally receptive to theirs. At times, it’s ok to be vulnerable with the chosen few – a very difficult task but not impossible.

All this will only be fruitful when both the parties will make an effort & demonstrate the sense of affection, trust, attention & togetherness equally. 

As they say “You can’t choose your parents neither can you choose your relatives or kids but the only relationship you can choose is Friendship”

So choose wisely & open up with the chosen few & enjoy the fruit of “REAL” Friendship….yes it exists.

Happy Reading!!!