The Foundation of Our Happiness

No man is an island. That may sound a cliché but it definitely holds true to everyone – to you, to me, to them. Remember Adam? He is the biblical first man. In the accounts from the bible, Adam lived alone for a while, the length of time we do not know. However, our Heavenly Father saw that he was sad and lonely. He was the highest creature that had been created. He had everything he wanted. Yet, he was not happy. Why? It is simply because life without other people is not worth living. The Foundation of Happiness is friendship with other people. Here in this and the next few articles we discuss how to go about creating and maintaining good friendships.

Alone

Imagine yourself in the biblical Adam’s place. You’ve got all the food you want to eat, beautiful places you want to go, and money you want to spend. You have everything you want to have, and you are going to make use of them – alone.

Contented

Perhaps it was not easy for Adam, and our Heavenly Father saw what was missing in his life. In the biblical story, another human being was created to live with him and journey life’s highway with him. Adam became happy. He became contented.

That is also the scenario in our lives. We may have everything that we need, even what we want. However, there has to be people in our lives with whom we can share our lives.

Social Creatures

The fact is that, we were created sociable. Not only does it apply to people of the past, it still remains the same. Being sociable is not something we can avoid nor hide. It is in us and all we can do is accept it and make it work for us.

Yes, man can live alone. In fact, a lot of people nowadays are independent. They have a house of their own, earn real cash for themselves, eat alone, and sleep alone. But despite that, they still have people around them whom they spend time with occasionally. They still get to mingle with others at times. They still converse with people once in a while. They may say that they are alone, but they aren’t alone at all times.

We All Need Friends

Friends are those people we are comfortable with. Those we can chat with and hang-out with. They are the ones with whom we get to relax with when we are so stressed from school and work. They are those who offer help when we desperately need it. The ones we can rely on and trust our secrets to.

However, we need to consider that people are not the same. Our traditions and beliefs may not coincide. Our thoughts might be different from theirs. Our likes and dislike may not be the same – so it will be in friendships too.

Opposites Attract

Basically, friendships are not the same. Because people are unique in every way, our friends also vary. Our kinship with people is of different levels.

Some are true friends, some are not. Some are your friends only when you have money. Some are just your hang-out friends. Others are just visiting friends. But the fact is that they are still your friends.

They may not be the same, but you are still able to share your life with them in different aspects you can ever think of. Indeed, you can’t make it alone.

Building New Friendships

Perhaps you want to build friendships with a lot of people but are having difficulty doing so. The next few articles provide you with tips, ideas and advice that you can use to gain a lot of new friends.

Friends are everywhere; you just have to know how to maintain such friendships.

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