“Friend”
Friends are those people with whom you share your life. Despite the fears one has about sharing every bit of their life, from their deepest secrets to their greatest joy, and their greatest hopelessness, a friend is someone with whom one shares everything. “Friend” means different things to different people; it is something that has to be experienced to be understood. The definition of friend has especially changed in recent years, due to social media sites, such as Facebook; people are making “friends” that they have never had face to face contact with, compared to the traditional definition of friends exemplified by the Holy Bible’s descriptions of friendship, which focuses on love, loyalty, willingness to sacrifice, and an ability …show more content…
According to Proverbs 17:17 “A friend loves at all times and a brother is born for adversity” (Holy Bible), meaning a true friend never fails, and is always there to help because of mutual affection. An example of love is displayed in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Cathy and Heathcliff were best friends at an early age. That friendship is what allowed them to have the strong romantic bond once they grew up. They knew each other completely and were undeniably comfortable with around another. In order to be an “online friend” all one has to do is click on the send a “friend request” feature; one does not need to have a connection or feeling of love with that person, as Cathy and Heathcliff had. Most people would never classify their over three hundred Facebook friends as “real friends”, these are people we probably have never met of would recognize out in public …show more content…
Judging friends does not define who they are; it defines who the person is that is judging. No one is perfect and everyone is different that is what makes friends real friends, they understand and respect that; there is mutual respect between friends which allows them to love one another without judging. Many online friends judge, they have no reason not to; they do not know you or the real story. Online friends only know the little information that other users decide to share in a post. There is not any in depth conversation to get at the true depth of the feelings and
Friends are those people with whom you share your life. Despite the fears one has about sharing every bit of their life, from their deepest secrets to their greatest joy, and their greatest hopelessness, a friend is someone with whom one shares everything. “Friend” means different things to different people; it is something that has to be experienced to be understood. The definition of friend has especially changed in recent years, due to social media sites, such as Facebook; people are making “friends” that they have never had face to face contact with, compared to the traditional definition of friends exemplified by the Holy Bible’s descriptions of friendship, which focuses on love, loyalty, willingness to sacrifice, and an ability …show more content…
According to Proverbs 17:17 “A friend loves at all times and a brother is born for adversity” (Holy Bible), meaning a true friend never fails, and is always there to help because of mutual affection. An example of love is displayed in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Cathy and Heathcliff were best friends at an early age. That friendship is what allowed them to have the strong romantic bond once they grew up. They knew each other completely and were undeniably comfortable with around another. In order to be an “online friend” all one has to do is click on the send a “friend request” feature; one does not need to have a connection or feeling of love with that person, as Cathy and Heathcliff had. Most people would never classify their over three hundred Facebook friends as “real friends”, these are people we probably have never met of would recognize out in public …show more content…
Judging friends does not define who they are; it defines who the person is that is judging. No one is perfect and everyone is different that is what makes friends real friends, they understand and respect that; there is mutual respect between friends which allows them to love one another without judging. Many online friends judge, they have no reason not to; they do not know you or the real story. Online friends only know the little information that other users decide to share in a post. There is not any in depth conversation to get at the true depth of the feelings and