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Spice Up Your Life

Since time immemorial, human beings have always longed to have friendships and other close relationships because it fulfills one of the basic needs of humans. Scriptures, epics, myths, literary works, all speak volumes about friendship. We have the examples of David and Jonathan from the holy Bible, Gilgamesh and Enkidu from the myth of Gilgamesh, Antony and Cleopatra, Pyramus and Thisbe, Radha and Krishna, Shakuntala and Dushyant, Shah Jahan and Mumtaz, the list goes on. Friendship is something which adds spice to our life and it helps us to march ahead successfully in our life. As Anais Nin puts it, "Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." 

Researches reveal that one of the causes of modern day problems like broken relationships, health problems, depression and loneliness is lack of genuine friendship. Without friendship human life becomes mundane, cold, sterile and mechanical. Friendship adds zest to our lives, helping us to bask in the warmth of love and understanding. It enables us to surge ahead in life without being submerged in the complexities of life.

Friendship is the glue that keeps us and the universe around us together. It could be between people with no age bar. It could also be between blood relations as well. The great Greek philosopher Aristotle said, “In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. They keep the young out of mischief; they comfort and aid the old in their weakness, and they incite those in the prime of life to noble deeds.” Just as air is necessary for the humans to survive, so too is friendship in one’s life to thrive.

If humans have survived so long beating all odds and have moved ahead in life, it’s because of the relationship that has existed among them. It does not matter how rich or poor we are. The true measure of our life consists in how many good friends we have. It is a necessity in all walks of life.