Narrative Essay on Friendship

the platonic love of a friend. Friendship is a powerful and essential aspect to understanding the connection writers have to their community and the way that society affects their work. In particular, Katherine Philips devotes herself to her friends through her writing and often creates Neoplatonic pieces specifically for female writers in the Society of Friendship. Philips is adamant that sexual love is not the absolute expression of love, but that true friendship is the testament of affection.…

time to time, Vivian would check up on me and all our friends, amidst the bad blood and drama that boils within our group of friends. Always the one to bounce back quickly and keep the mood light, Vivian was the one who encouraged true and genuine friendship. This is how I knew that she is not only my friend, but she is like my…

Some of the best friendships are between you and someone you may have disliked at one time. At least that’s the case for me. I hated my best friend Victoria for the longest time when we were younger. There was no reason for me to dislike her either. I just did, and she was well aware of it. One day she came up to me at recess and even asked me why I didn’t like her, and my response was, “I just don’t.” This went on for quite a few years, until one year we played volleyball together. She was the…

The crispy grass of a summer afternoon over a silky picnic blanket. Mathew was there sitting and eating his favorite peanut and butter sandwich. What is better than eating his sandwich was his family together. Father was setting up a game of football while mother was trying to find that sunscreen that she has sworn to have put it in her utility bag earlier in the morning. Mathew’s older brother, Robert, cried out to his distressed mother, “Mom! Where is that power bank charger? I have to make a…

When the opportunity to sign up for Ursa was presented to me I was unsure If I wanted to give up my last week at home to start school early. I decided to take the class because it seemed like it would be an easy way to get some credits done. When It came down to the week before I left I was actually pretty upset with myself for signing up for Ursa. I had friends at home who were moving and I knew that I would likely never see some of them again. I wanted to stay home as long as I could to see…

Friendship is an easy thing to get, but it is not an easy thing to maintain. In book VIII of Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle explains the meanings and purpose of friendships by breaking it down into three categories. The categories are utility, pleasure, and moral character which arise through perceived or actual good. All types of friendships are determined by mutual feelings of goodwill towards each other. Once those feelings disappear then there is no longer any connection between the two…

As a first year student living in the residence hall I had a lot of opportunity to get myself involved in different on-campus activities. However, I thought of these events as irrelevant and time wasting as I did understand the value of the involvement that can bring to my personal and academic development. It was hard to have any interaction with faculty as I struggled to find a voice in class size of 300 students; it was seen that only the brave ones asked questions during lecture as everyone…

For example if family have fights they will typically make up their differences because they are always there for each other. Friends are typically not the same way and friendships can end from small insignificant arguments. One example of mindfulness in friendship is, one of my friends recently broke up with her boyfriend this Sunday. She decided we should go to a bar and spend some time together and communicate with each other with how her current emotional state…

to a situation because in the end I am who matters. But I do know that other caregivers struggle with the same issues I do. I put my friendships, my family, my schoolwork, and my self health on the line because I thought that someone was worth caring for more than those things. Being positive is a coping mechanism, but the world isn’t depicted by two sides. Friendships and family matters have many different layers and you have to take care of yourself and not put others first, even if it makes…

I believe that the needs of one person comes above the wants of another’s. That taking care of one’s own physical and mental wellbeing is a necessity. I believe that I am important and I deserve to make sure my own needs are met before I ensure or help to ensure that the wants of another person are meet. This isn’t to say that I do not deeply care about my family, friends, community, and world. In fact part of this belief comes from knowing that if I am Happy and Healthy, I can have a far…