Hina Javed Malik
Everyone wants to be competent and successful but the problem is that the quest for success can be demanding. No matter at what stage of a career you are, you deserve a rich, full life including a social life every individual can thrive by cultivating friendships and enjoying leisure time together.
The reason for cultivating friendships is that they provide numerous benefits and opportunities to make life better than anything that can be found in material possession. Following are the few ways that friends make our life better:
They motivate us:
When we are feeling depressed our friends lift us by providing the support that we need. Several studies have revealed that friends influence our life when it comes to getting grades, making more money, or earning a promotion. They motivate us to go further and make more effort to achieve our goals.
They keep challenging us:
Our life is open to the people around us, especially to our friends. This is the reason that they identify our weaknesses and deficiencies before others. Good friends challenge us to embrace them and make an effort to improve upon them.
They give us courage:
True friends believe in our abilities and give us the courage to become better people in all aspects of our life. Their encouragements help us to stay on track without losing hope. They offer us all the support that we need in difficult times.
They are good listeners:
To our friends, we open up whatever is in our hearts and mind. They listen to us very carefully which communicates value, trust, as well as openness. It allows us to better manage our thoughts and stay away from negativity.
They make the low points bearable:
It feels like a blessing when friends are there in times of grieves. It becomes a lot easier when you have someone who can understand what you are going through. Even their presence can make any difficult situation a lot less painful.
Support the contributions:
Good friends recognize the values that we contribute to the world. They help us in our work and support our contributions by promoting them to others as well.
Bring joy to life:
A study carried out at the Harvard Medical School revealed that the more friends a person have the more joyful life he or she lives.
