How To Make Friends - Page 4

But ultimately, honesty is the key to the most rewarding kind of friendship, and people who have friendships like this are among the luckiest in the world.

If this is the route you choose to go, I suggest telling the truth, within reason, and listening. It is probably even more important to have compassion and understanding for others. I have seen many a friendship come to an end for a lack of compassion or understanding; every one of us could probably point to a friendship in our lives which came to a rotten end because of such a lack.

So it’s important to understand that others are different from you and you can’t expect everyone to believe the same things you believe. Believing that everyone should believe the same things leads to suicide bombings and other bad things.

When you make a practice of not lying, you’ll find it’s pretty hard for a lot of people to accept you as you are. But those people are jerks, for the most part. And sometimes you will come across those who do accept you for who you are. That’s what’s really important—having friends who understand and support you, no matter what. In a way it’s like going through a lot of sour grapes to find a sweet one.

Anyway, I hope you are now more educated on the art of friendship and social dominance, and have seen that the former is more important in the long run than the latter.

Article Author: Kyle West

Kyle West is a Professional Writing/History major and a Spanish minor attending the University of Oklahoma. He likes reading, writing, and discovering new music.

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