FRIENDSHIP

Friendship is a term used to denote co-operative and supportive behavior between two or more people. In this sense, the term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, and affection and respect along with a degree of rendering service to friends in times of need or crisis. Friends will welcome each other's company and exhibit loyalty towards each other, often to the point of altruism. Their tastes will usually be similar and may converge, and they will share enjoyable activities. They will also engage in mutually helping behavior, such as exchange of advice and the sharing of hardship. A friend is someone who may often demonstrate reciprocating and reflective behaviors. Yet for many, friendship is nothing more than the trust that someone or something will not harm them.

Value that is found in friendships is often the result of a friend demonstrating the following on a consistent basis:

• the tendency to desire what is best for the other,
• sympathy and empathy,
• honesty, perhaps in situations where it may be difficult for others to speak the truth, especially in terms of pointing out the perceived faults of one's counterpart,
• mutual understanding.

In a comparison of personal relationships, friendship is considered to be closer than association, although there is a range of degrees of intimacy in both friendships and associations. Friendship and association can be thought of as spanning across the same continuum. The study of friendship is included in sociology, anthropology, philosophy, and zoology. Various theories of friendship have been proposed, among which are social psychology, social exchange theory, equity theory, relational dialectics, and attachment styles.

my hobbies

I have many different hobbies that I do depending on the time, a certain day of the week, or even depending on the time of the day. I always try to get all of my friends involved with most, if not all of my hobbies since these kinds of hobbies are the most fun being done with groups of people rather than by myself. I am more than capable of doing these hobbies my myself, but I do not get as much enjoyment out of my hobbies if I do them alone.

Growing up I have many hobbies and activities that I enjoy to do on my free time. I have always loved hunting with my friends. Every summer I spend all of my time with my friends and family. When summer ends I usually start getting ready for hunting season. My friends and I usually go each weekend to our land and go hunting and sit by the fire and hang out.

As a man my hobbies revolved around baseball and basketball. I spent most of my summers playing for a traveling basketball team. When the basketball season ended I would start back up on playing chess. I am not a indoor type of person so most of my hobbies usually tend to be outdoors and away from the house. But sometimes I love to sleep in the whole day because of being tired.

"How to mend a Broken Heart"

People may say no one ever died of a broken heart, but when you're suffering from one, it sure doesn't feel that way. For me,
Everyone alive has felt the sting and the effect of a broken heart. It feels life someone has run you over, that your life will surely end. But remember my friends that you are not alone. If we could take a look at it from a different perspective it is mostly about being rejected or pushed aside more that the broken relationship. We as human beings need love more than anything else to be happy and to grow healthy. This is one of life's passages that is very painful. I have experienced a few of them in my life time. It took me more than once to learn valuable lessons. I first want to say to each and everyone of you who have experienced this or who is now experiencing this. You are never alone. It may seem that way, because your body has went into shock. There are many elements that needs to be addressed here. This too will pass but at the time it seems like you are going to die. Love will come again my friends. Believe me, it will come again, but hopefully the things that you have learned about the successes and the failures will make you more aware of what is required for your serenity. One must have faith. Whether it be God or some sort of Higher power. One must look outside yourself to believe. Hope that there will be a brighter day. The sun will shine again my friends I guarantee it. Self esteem, knowing that you are a great person and it was not you that was rejected. It may seem that way. That person that broke your heart has lost. They will never know the joy of loving you. The secrets of your soul will not be there. Therefore they lose. Support is so important. Choose your friends wisely my friends. Be careful who you share you burdens with. Find 1 or 2 persons that you trust and eventually when you lean on them and they support you, you will get your strength back. Remember you are not alone in your struggle to heal. I pray that this helps someone out there and if you ever have any questions, please feel free to write.