The Friendship
Essay : 01
Tony was really excited to see his friend Kevin. They had been friends since elementary all the way through high school. When they started college, they both headed their separate ways. Tony wanted to study in electrical engineering, and Kevin wanted to become a doctor. Their career choices led them into different directions, but their friendship was still intact.
Tony and Kevin had been very close friends in elementary. They started their friendship while doing a small painting assignment. When Kevin noticed Tony painting a really nice rocket, Kevin complimented him on it and the two started talking about their interest in other things. What really kept them together at that moment was when Tony acknowledged Kevin’s reaction when Tony accidentally dropped his set of paints on the classroom floor. Tony was embarrassed and terrified, but Kevin wasn’t hesitant to help him out by cleaning it up.
Growing up, Tony and Kevin shared similar interests. When they were in elementary, they both shared a dream of becoming astronauts and flying in spaceships to discover unknown galaxies and unknown life forms. In middle school, they both shared the dream of becoming famous basketball players. Then, in high school, they both had the urge to become famous rock stars.
It wasn’t always a cheerful friendship. Sometimes, they both fought and shared different views about different things. Despite their differences, Tony and Kevin didn’t tear their friendship apart. In moments of grief and doubts, they were there to support each other.
Tony and Kevin have both recently received their bachelor’s degree. They have kept in contact up until now, and have decided to get together and catch up on lost time.
Essay : 02
Friendship
The great Roman Statesman Cicero once remarked that friendship increases happiness and diminishes misery by doubling of our joy and dividing of our grief. What he meant is that a true friend is so delighted in our success and happiness that he receives as much pleasure from it as we do ourselves.
In the absence of a friend the world would be gloomy. It is of no use to attain wealth, power or honour, if you are devoid of a real friend. For it is he and his approval which doubles the pleasure. Joys become more intense and permanent by sharing more with a friend. Friendship is an elixir which is essential for healthy and happy life.
It is also true that friendship diminishes our misery and troubles when a friend shares the burden of it. Our grief is alleviated by friendly condolence. At the time of adversity the advice and active assistance provided by friend works like a medicine.
Where a friendless man stands alone, exposed, unprotected by blows of fortune, a friendship provides a strong shield against such miseries. A friendship is without caste, creed., religion, class or status. It is a feeling of love, sharing and caring which denotes friendship. It is a shoulder on which one can rest upon when burdened with sorrow.
Friendship is like an ever flowing fountain, coming up from the bottom of the earth. It is an outgoing concern, much beyond the selfish motives.
