Friendshipmeansbeingfriendlytoeachotherormakingfriendswithoneanother.Humanbeingsaresocialanimals.Theydonotliveinisolation.Theyneedeachotherbothphysicallyandemotionally.
However,somepeopledistortfriendshipbyformingsmallgroupsthatareharmfultoothers,oreventothewholecommunity.Inuniversitysomestudentsfromthesamecityorprovinceformanassociationtohelpeachother.Butsuchassociationsoftenexcludestudentsfromotherpartsofthecountry,andthusdonotpromotefriendshipinabroadsense.
Trueandlastingfriendshipisbasedonamoresolidfoundation.Realfriendssharethesameideals.Whilemarchingtowardtheircommonobjective,theyhelpeachother.Ifonemakesamistake,hisfriendwillnothesitatetopointitoutforhim,becauseheknowsthefrankcriticismwillhelphim.Whatweneedisthistypeofgenuinefriendship.