I was doing some thinking about friends and friendship. I was thinking of how I miss my friends so much. I mean, I missed them a lot. After doing lots of thinking, I've decided to write about friends and friendship.

Let's start with friends. Have you ever have friends? I'm sure all of you have friends but do you have fewer friends or many friends? You see, many people go through life with few friends and some even have less than that. They don't have anyone to call in good times or bad times, no one to bounce ideas around with or to talk about deep and troubling subjects. They even have no one to call in times of need or difficulty. They are at the mercy of life, standing alone.

There are others who seem to have a multiple number of friends like google's PageRank which is growing. Wherever they go, people know them and like to be around them. When trouble strikes, they might hesitate to call especially which friend to call and it is their biggest difficulties. They know exactly the person with whom to discuss the topics of inquiry and debate. Life is full of entertaining and invigorating relationships because it is full of friends.

Of course, some people are just happy with only fewer friends. They might rather have a few deep and loyal friends than many phony ones. Others thrive best when friends are everywhere and plentiful. To be honest, it is not about the number of friends. It is not that important compared to possession of friends. Loyal and deep friendship is good. Again, numbers are not important. Don't care about number and even if you have one loyal trustworthy friend, it is better than to have hundreds of not trustworthy and phony friends.

With trustworthy friends we can discuss problems, difficulties and even get ideas for solving them. These friends share their time with us to solve problems but when you have lots of friends who are not loyal or trustworthy, it is the case of the person who is not having any friends. Even after having hundreds of friends our mind can't able to find real, trustworthy friends.

Now, about friendship. Friendship is a blessing, everlasting and courage.

Friends will cheer us when we’re sad, stress, angry or depressed. Friends will challenge us to attain our unique limits with encouragement when we allow ourselves not to go beyond our reasonable boundaries. Friends will motivate us if we feel like giving up especially our self-esteem and they can provide for us when life falls apart. Friends are there when everything is well and we want someone to share our pleasant life and memorable moments. We sometimes just want friends around us to have a good time, to laugh, to act silly and to enjoy some mutually liked activity.

If you act silly with friends around, they also come and join you hence get the enjoyment that you are getting. There is no sad in the dictionary of friendship. Well, there is word sad in a dictionary but not in friendship. Why? Because friends will enter into that word and break the word into pieces. They will motivate us to attain our goal but bear in mind. They not only motivate, they will also stand by our side when in need of support.

You will tell about a girl or a guy whom you love and will ask for help but you can't tell the same to parents or any other before the love starts. In life deciding factor also there is a friend and his or her friendship is helping you. If you get a problem about love, others will run away but not your best friend. They will help us by challenging and motivating us to reaching our aim. Even if you are in college or studies and you have doubts in the subjects you learn, you will ask a friend instead of a professor. Friends never say no to anything. They will try to help us to solve their doubts.

In life we share most of the time with friends. We can't share some topics with our parents but we can share any topic with friends.

There may be biggest miracle which can change the entire world but even in that miracle also friendship will come out from its sleep. Now let's imagine a banyan tree. Banyan tree has a seed and it is very small. Once it grows, nothing can stop it. Friendship is like banyan tree. It will reside in our heart like the banyan tree seed. Once it finds the correct soil in another heart it starts its growth. At a stage when you get friendlier with that person it will become a tree and after that it is unstoppable. Friends will try to find ways to make sure you don't fall. Friends may not save but they will never let you go too deep. Friends will look for innovative ways to stop you from falling and try to get more help to lift you.

Friends are the only source of our brave hearts. We may not be brave but friendship gives courage to our mind and body. Friends will try to save us from any situation and also will help us free from troubles or even difficulties. Friends will help to solve problems and will not run away.

We can tell a lot about friendship and friends. You may have a lot of friends but try to get friends who is loyal and trustworthy. Well not only that. You need to be loyal and trustworthy as well. Now that is the meaning of friendship.

What do you think? Do you have any comments?

Let me take this opportunity to say an appreciation to all my friends especially my good friends. They are Anna Turus, Tomoko, A-Jull, Nicholas Cheong, Khairin Kamal, Prabu, Thila Kishur, Eunji, Francesca, Yu-Shen and Kristin Lohse. Thank you for being a good friend and thank you for accepting me as a friend. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I'm very grateful and will cherish our friendship. Again, thank you and always keep in touch.

Lastly I would like to share a quote by Cindy Lew, "Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree but in the hearts of true friends."