4th-7th Tricks to Be a Better Friend

4. Spend more time with friends

You’ll never find time to meet or hang out with your friends, if a friendship is not priority for you. You don’t necessarily to visit night clubs or organize regular parties. You just can just meet somewhere in the park and share your feelings, which stimulate emotions and happiness. I have always believed that a pleasant communication with friends is the best therapy against sorrow. Plus, it’s the source of positivity and the greatest meaning of life for many people, because true friends give inspiration and good mood.
Everyone knows that shopping without friends is extremely boring and even pointless thing. This weekend you may go shopping together. This activity will bring both of you unforgettable memories. There’re many other ways to spend time with friends, but shopping seems to be the best.

5. Learn to keep secrets

Not long ago, my friend told me that women’s friendship is not as strong as men’s, because women cannot keep secrets. Frankly speaking, I don’t agree with his point of view. I know that everything depends on the willpower of people, no matter the gender. All you have to do is to develop the skill to keep your lips sealed.
If your friend decided to share her secret with you, then this info shouldn’t be known to anyone other than you and your friend. One day, she may tell you that it’s not a secret any more. Since that moment you are free to share her experiences or stories with anybody else.

6. Build an emotional connection

The ability to feel the emotions of your friend is crucially important. Friendship cannot be strong, if you focus on your issues only. It’s easy to hide sorrow with a help of a fake smile. Only a true friend can quickly distinguish between a real happiness and the mask of a good mood. If you’ve noticed that your friend is worrying about something, do your best to help relief their anxiety. Concrete actions will help the friend to bounce back in a quite short period of time. The main thing is to be patient enough to bear this short-term negativity and motivate your friend to handle the situation and move on.

7. Stay positive

No matter how you slice it, negativity is a contagious thing. Your friend will always hear you out, but they cannot absorb all this stuff every day and every minute. I know that life can be difficult, but we should learn to laugh with one eye and weep with the other. The statistics prove that optimists have more friends, because it’s easier to communicate with positive people. But what about the proverb, “A friend in need is a friend indeed”? Yes, that’s true. The secret is not to make your friends shoulder the heavy burden of your life issues all the time. Solve the problems together, but don’t forget about humor and common positive activities.
Life without friendship is poor and incomplete. If you want to have a lot of true friends, you have just to be a good person and never stop working on self-improvement. I hope these little pieces of advice helped you understand what friendship is and learn how to behave with your friends. Nothing is perfect in this world, especially when it comes to people. Don’t be hard on yourself and your friends. Do you believe in a true friendship? What other things should we do to be a good friend?