Love is not love/ that alters when it alteration finds. So wrote Shakespeare. Your true friend loves you come what may. It is the love and friendship your friend has for you that matter most. Any change of circumstance matters little to the deep love shared. Friendship is to be treasured like a jewel. If jewels are lost they can be replicated. But a true friend cannot be cloned. Value your friendship. It will pass the test of time. Once true, always true. Such is a real friend. A true friend cares for you at all times. Even when the going is bad, your friend will stay with you with unwavering love and affection and as much care and concern. Likewise, even if you are not in physical proximity with each other the friendship with a true friend does not wane. Space and time do not matter in true friendship.Man is a social being. He lives in society. As a gregarious and social being he lives and interacts with so many people all through his life. In our interactions with people we make many friends. We enjoy the company of our friends; in fact that is why they are our friends. We influence our friends, and likewise our friends influence us. Friendships therefore have a great bearing on our life. That is why we must be choosy when we make friends, because we want long lasting true friends whom we may trust and who, in turn, can trust us. Friendship calls for loyalty. If you cannot be loyal to your friends, you will lose them. In a real friendship that has matured over time, there are not even any expectations between two friends. You love your friend whatever may happen, and you love not for any reason or to get anything in return from your friend. And this is the sentiment shared by your friend too. Such a friendship is a real friendship and it gives true joy and contentment. Even troubles and miseries that life may bring seem insignificant when you have such a friendship to bank on. Friendship is a bond that is built carefully and treasured fiercely. It is a bond that you would not let go easily; you will defend it at all cost. It takes time to nurture a friendship. It is not created for the nonce. It is cultivated with much love and care over time. There is a great deal that goes into building and keeping a friendship. It is love and care that keep a friendship going. Where there is no love but only greed and selfishness there is no friendship at all. A friend is one who will sacrifice anything for you and yet not feel it a sacrifice at all, for there is love and concern for the other in a true friendship. When there is love in a friendship it can last a lifetime. A true friend is one who will share in your joys and in your troubles. Your friend will feel joy in your enjoyment and pain in your time of trouble. It is heart-warming and comforting to have a real friend. You know you will have a shoulder to weep on if sorrow or failure comes your way. Just as you will be assured of a hand to share a high five with in your joy and success. A friend is one who shares with you with no expectations. There is no quid pro quo in such a friendship. Friendship gives true happiness, because when you have a real friend you have all their love.Sharing and caring characterize a real friendship. True friends share with each other and care for each other with all their heart. Anything of life can be shared by true friends. Whether it is life’s troubles and miseries, or joys and happiness or then life’s many surprises or events and occurrences. Friendship is all about love A true friend is one who loves you and appreciates you as you are. There are neither any demands made of you nor any compulsions on you from your true friend. When friendship is all about love, it is a special place in your heart that you reserve for your friend, just as your friend keeps a special place for you in her/his heart. In a true friendship there is an unsaid mutuality and reciprocity. A friend is one you can be sure of. You have the assurance of a friend’s love and care at all times. And you in turn will always do anything to keep your friendship going strong. A true friend brightens your life Friends can make us chirpy when we are low and down. A true friend will do anything to make your sour face brighten up with cheer and smiles. A friend is one who will be your side when all others will part ways with you. Likewise, you will go out of your way to make your friend happy when trying times befall her or him.