KEEPING FRIENDS

1) The best way to have a friend is to be a friend.

2)You must develop a great deal of ACCEPTANCE & PATIENCE. You must accept people and not try to change them to suit you.

GOOD FRIENDSHIP develops out of certain amount of UNCONDITIONAL POSITIVE REGARDS.

REAL FRIENDSHIP has to be something that clicks between people. It can't be forced & doesn't work if it is one-sided.

You need to spend time and energy selecting and developing friends from those who are interested rather than lamenting the fact that some people with whom you'd like to be friendly doesn't seem to be interested..

-an excerpt from a book