By: CD Mohatta

Introductory comments by Royane Real

Author of:  “Your Guide to Finding Friends, Making Friends and Keeping Friends”  

Are you ever guilty of taking your friends for granted?  It happens to many of us.  Or we let it happen.  When we take friendship for granted, we stop paying attention to the needs of our friends.  We may become lazy about making our friends feel happy.

Sometimes we neglect our friends for the simple reason that we become very busy.  It may happen that our job will take up much of our time, or we may need to spend much time with our family.  Under such circumstances we may neglect our friends.

If a friendship bond is strong, it can tolerate some neglect, but not too much.  Sooner or later your friend will notice that you are ignoring him, and may become angry or frustrated with you.  In some cases the friendship cannot be restored.

How much better it would be to maintain the strength of the friendship so that it is continually nourished!

Sometimes the reason that we neglect our long time friends is because we have met new people in our lives who seem more exciting and worldly, perhaps more powerful.  Then we must examine ourselves.  We must look at our lives and see who we really are, and who we aspire to become.

Do our new friends fit our innermost self better than our previous friends?  When we make such a decision, are we being true to our inner selves?  Or are we in danger of becoming “phony”?  Will we lose the true friends we have while we chase a false dream?

In the following article on friendship, author CD Mohatta presents some methods to reinforce your friendship bonds to make them stronger.

(The above introductory comments were written by Royane Real.

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Learn to Be Popular - even if You're Shy and Lonely!

By Royane Real

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Nurturing Friendships

By: CD Mohatta

When we plant a tree, we take care of that plant from the smallest stage of growth. We not only nurture that plant with water, air and fertilizers, but also protect it from any damage. Friendship is one such plant.  One has to take care of friends, as one takes care of the plants one grows.

Most of us take friendship for granted.  We believe that friends are always there, whenever we need them.

Why this attitude for friendship?  Because, a day soon comes when our friends will begin feeling that we don't care for them.  That day the friendship will be over.  Does anyone want to destroy long term friendships? No!

What can be done to keep the friendship strong?  How to relate with friends so that the bond grows stronger? What to expect from friends, and what to give them in return?

Make a quick list of all your good friends.  Now write the date when you last communicated with them in any way.  When did you last meet them?  When did last share a meal with them, or a drink?  When did you send them a gift?

What was the date when you tried to find out about their problems?  Did you ask them and they called up to tell you?  What is the ratio of your telling them of your problems, and they telling them theirs?  Go deeper in the analysis of relationship.

This exercise may reveal quite a lot to you about your bonding and sharing. Put yourself in your friend's shoes and think about what they might be feeling about the friendship.

This exercise will give you clues about any thing that needs to be done by you to nurture friendship.

Value your friendship by nurturing it on a regular basis.  Meeting friends regularly, finding about what may be bothering them, sending them small gifts over intervals, sharing jokes with them, asking them for a movie together, and so many other things can help us make our friendship bond stronger.

Make your friends feel proud of you and your friendship.

Mohatta writes about different aspect of life. Love, inspiration, pains, humanity, truth etc.

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