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A friend in need is a friend indeed- My Friend

Friendship Unleashed The enigmatic heading must have left you perplexed. This is
just a linguistic idea to draw your attention towards what I have to say. If you
promise to remain with me throughout the article then I wish to state that the
subject of this venture of mine is basically Friends and Friendship. But let me assure
you that this is not a just another regular, sloppy written piece on this topic. I do not
consider myself a relevant authority but during the twenty years of my life and
experience I, definitely, have made out that people make friends for strange
reasons. Friendship definitely means companionship, which in turn can be for
different reasons depending upon the nature of the person seeking a friend. Life and
experience teach us that a person needs solace and support from people who can
perform the role of a guardian, comrade, and a teacher. This forms the most
concrete reason probably for the natural instinct of man to search for a friend.
Lets put our focus on a person whom I got acquainted to a year ago. Believe me, he
hesitated in even going to the nearby grocery store out of utter shyness. He thought
people had no other work other than staring at him and thinking of ways to make
fun of him. He was therefore always too conscious about how he was looking lest
people should laugh at him. He did not attend any social gatherings and preferred
to sit back at home and lay eggs. I was taken aback when I met him last month. He
was a different guy altogether. He was ready for everything. I shook hands with a
guy who produced his hand before me most
The proverb: A friend in need is a friend indeed says that true friends are
those who will be there and stick through thick and thin. In order to lead a happy life
humans need friends, no one can survive in this complex world as a loner, like a
hermit crab. Good friends enjoy each others company, however, just spending time
with someone does not mean that it is all there for friendship. Good relationships
arebased on a good communication. In life, friendships come and go as individuals
move away or relationships drift apart. When developing a friendship, it can be
difficult in the early stages to tell if it will be a quality one.
A person who is trustworthy, caring, understanding and always there for her/his
friends can be
considered as an excellent friend.
An excellent friend is a person we enjoy spending time with. A good friend is
not only someone to talk to about the interests, but also someone who is willing to
listen to the opinions and keep all secrets.We cannot expect friends to accept
everything, but they should respect the rights of one each otherand have their own
ideas. It is easy to be friends with many people, but good friends are the ones whom
we always depend on and we cherish the happy moments spent together.
qualities that make a friend a best friend. What are these qualities that everyone
should look for in a
person to be considered as an excellent friend? It does not depend on how cute a
person is not does it depend on wealth, but there are more important qualities in a
person in order to be a best friend.

Qualities you might want in a friend could be range from, someone you can relate
with, to someone
that is the complete opposite of you.
Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while and leave
footprints on
our heart. Who can be a best friend? Almost everyone has one, and almost
everyone is...

2. A friend in need is a friend indeed

An excellent friend is a person we enjoy spending time with. A good friend
is not only someone to talk to about the interests, but also someone who
is willing to listen to the opinions and keep all secrets.We cannot expect
friends to accept everything, but they should respect the rights of one
each otherand have their own ideas. It is easy to be friends with many
people, but good friends are the ones whom we always depend on and we
cherish the happy moments spent together.
qualities that make a friend a best friend. What are these qualities that
everyone should look for in a
person to be considered as an excellent friend? It does not depend on how
cute a person is not does it depend on wealth, but there are more
important qualities in a person in order to be a best friend.
Qualities you might want in a friend could be range from, someone you
can relate with, to someone
that is the complete opposite of you.
Once upon a time there lived two friends in a certain village. They
professed great love for each other and had sworn to help each others, in
the hour of need. Once day they set out on journey to a far off village, on
the other said of a forest. When they reached the thickest part of the
forest, a big dangerous bear appeared form behind a terr. It was so near
that they could not run away. They decided to defend themselves with
their sticks if the bear attacked them. In a minute or two the bear came
very close to them. One of the friends at once jumped up a tree. He forgot
his promise to help his friend and left him at the mercy of the beast. The
other friends had no time to climb up a tree. The noise his friend had
made while jumping on the tree brought the bear running to that place. So
the unfortunate friends fell on the ground and holding his breath
pretended to be dead. The bear sniffed at him for some time and went his
way. When the bear had disappeared, the friend on the tree climbed down.
He shook his friend and told him that the danger was over. Then he asked,
By the way, what did the bear say is your ear?. The betrayed friends was
really angry. He retorted, The bear told me that a friend in need is a
friend indeed. Saying this, he said good buy to his companion and walked
away.

irst, it is easy to find abundant sources that make you entertaining and
fun around you, but it is hard to find a true friend who can give you a hand
when you are in need. What do you do when you are bored? You probably
turn on the computer and play games or surf internet. Also, you can go
outside play some sport. You do not need to have friend just for fun
because there are many other activities to entertain you. However, what
can you do, when you are in need of something that you cannot do it
without some help from others? That is when you need a friend who can
give you help when you need it. But when you need help, you need
someone to help you. Like, in a school, you are absent one day, and
teacher is going to discuss important materials for next test in class. No
one really can help you to get that information even parents cannot do
this for you. On the other hand, your good friend in your class can help
you to have the information. He or she help you to understand the
material and give you a note to copy. This shows that it is more important
to select a friend who can help you when I need it whereas there are a
number of source which can replace a pal whom you can have fun with.
There is nothing better than surrounded by good friends. You may look at
some people and their friends with envy as they chat away happily and
participate in activities together. It may be hard to figure out which
friends are better when considering the friends who can have fun with and
the friends that can get help from. From my perspective, the people who
are willing to help me in the crisis time are much more cherished than who
just want to stay with me to have fun.

3. A Friend in Need is a Friend indeed Essay

There is nothing better than surrounded by good friends. You may look at some
people and their friends with envy as they chat away happily and participate in
activities together. It may be hard to figure out which friends are better when
considering the friends who can have fun with and the friends that can get help
from. From my perspective, the people who are willing to help me in the crisis time
are much more cherished than who just want to stay with me to have fun.
First, it is easy to find abundant sources that make you entertaining and fun around
you, but it is hard to find a true friend who can give you a hand when you are in
need. What do you do when you are bored? You probably turn on the computer and
play games or surf internet. Also, you can go outside play some sport. You do not
need to have friend just for fun because there are many other activities to entertain
you. However, what can you do, when you are in need of something that you cannot
do it without some help from others? That is when you need a friend who can give
you help when you need it. But when you need help, you need someone to help
you. Like, in a school, you are absent one day, and teacher is going to discuss

important materials for next test in class. No one really can help you to get that
information even parents cannot do this for you. On the other hand, your good
friend in your class can help you to have the information. He or she help you to
understand the material and give you a note to copy. This shows that it is more
important to select a friend who can help you when I need it whereas there are a
number of source which can replace a pal whom you can have fun with.
Also, the friends who can be with you when you face straitened circumstances are
true friends. There is a famous proverb that "a friend is need is a friend indeed."
This sentence indicates that real friend will appear in the proper time, but the friend
who just stays with you when you are in the top of life and leave you as quick as
possible when you drop off the mountain is not a good friend. Friends for fun can be
stay with you the short period of time and you may share good memories together,
but are they really going to stay with you when you two will have bad memories?
When you are happy and everything is going well, you do not see what is real
relationship is because people will treat you better than ever. But when you are in
bad situation and asking for help, they, who are not true friend of yours, will leave
you because you are no longer benefit to them. But the real friends stay beside you
whether good or not, and they never turn their back on you. For example, Helen
Keller was a kid; she was frustrated for her blindness and deafness every day.
However, her teacher came into her life, and things begun to change. Although, it
was very hard for her teacher to teach Helen Keller to learn language, she went
through all these difficulties because she truly loved her with all her heart. Finally,
Helen Keller succeeded at last. If her teacher left her because of difficulties, Helen
would never able to overcome her disability and learn language. Going through
hardship together makes two friends bond stronger because they share same thing
each other.
To sum up, it is good to have fun with friends. But it will be much better when you
have fun with people who you love and you believe that they will not leave you no
matter what. You can learn more knowledge and improve your life through the
friends' help.The proverb stands as a touchstone of true friendship.
It states that only that person who helps us when we are in need or difficulty is a
true friend.

In our daily life we come across people who over a period of time become close to
us. But we cannot be sure if they are true friends or just fair-weather friends. Many
people develop contacts with influential people for their benefit. It will be a great
mistake if one considers these apparently close people as friends. The test of true
friendship is in time of difficulties.On the other hand, the fair-weather friends

disappear in times of trails. They find excuses to distance themselves from us.
But a true friend will always stick to a person when if that person is in deep trouble.
He will be concerned about the welfare of a person when he considers as a friend. If
need be, he will make every effort to help his friend overcome the difficult situation,
instead of running away from him. As the saying goes, prosperity makes friends
and adversity tries them.
Take for example the friendship of Antonio and Bassanio in the Shakespearean play
The Merchant of Venice. Antonio helps Bassanio even at the cost of losing his lifea pound of flesh.
The Epics of India showcase timeless illustrations of true friendship. In the
Ramayana, it is between Rama and Sugreva. In the Mahabharata, it is between
Krishna and Kuchela; between Duryodhana and Karna. Such friendship stands the
test of time. Such friends are lifes greatest blessing. Friendship with people like
these last a lifetime.
Thus the proverb not only shows the nature of a true friend but also offers a method
of choosing good friends. It also cautions us of fair-weather friends.

4. A friend needs a friend indeed

Sometimes we move with our friends so intimately that the intimacy lasts for a long
time. There are lifelong friends who have a bearing on our personalities, and two
friends, who are thick as thieves, do influence each other, and the two grow
together.
The relationship with a friend has not been properly realized by us. Some do not
believe in nurturing friendship as they are by nature aloof and reserved. This nature
is not desirable, for, it indicates the lack of sociability. Sometimes parents or
teachers may not be able to enforce a point on their child and a friend may come in
to help them. I can relate an incident in the life of my relative. In fact he was my
cousin. His son was adamant that he would not join the engineering course, but his
father insisted that he should join the course as he would have bright professional
prospects. Any amount of persuasion by his father did not work. At last his sons
friend intervened and spoke to his friend of the importance of his fathers valuable
advice.
His father was very happy that a known problem was solved satisfactorily. After the
engineering course my cousins son is quite well off with a fat pay. His life changed
as his friend took interest in him. There is a saying which tells about the importance
of good friendship. It is this: Tell me who is your friend and I shall tell you what kind
of person you are. Yes, a friend has much to do with the shaping of our character as
our parents and teachers. A student should be careful to choose his or her friends. If
the friend with whom you are going to establish connection is of bad character
slowly but surely you too are affected by him or her.

You may have been a polite, soft-spoken student of gentle manners. Your friend may
be dominant, may be rough, roguish and given to evil ways. Your friend will take
advantage of your innocence, your softness and may trick you, lead you to a wrong
path. He may be a drug addict, he may be a smoker, he may drink and observing
him you may in the long run become an addict to drugs, you may smoke and drink.
You may do all these things without the knowledge of your parents. On coming to
know that you have bad habits your parents may feel shocked, your teachers may
be displeased with you, your relatives will hate you.
A friend who has good habits, who is gentle and well- mannered is an inestimable
friend. His good character improves you and in due course you will turn out to be
well-mannered and gentle even if you had some bad qualities. A friend who helps
you by giving you advice, by helping you to clear your doubts in your lessons, a
friend who is intelligent and knowledgeable is indeed an inestimable friend. A friend
in need is a friend indeed.
A poem says that if you have friendship with a person of bad character you become
nameless and formless like the drop of water on a frying pan on the burning oven.
The drop of water on a hot frying pan evaporates and disappears. So also a bad
friend will spoil your image and you are no longer a good person. Just as good water
stinks and becomes black and impure when it mixes with sewage so also a bad
friend spoils you and you stink because of your bad qualities. Your fair name is spoilt
by your association with a bad friend of the blackest vices.
A student should be careful, very, very careful when selecting friends. A good friend
will make you shine.

There are people who like to have many friends. But this should not be so. We
should have only a few friends, but they must be our true friends A friend is one
who can share your joys and sorrows
Rich people may have many friends in their prosperity. All like to enjoy themselves
at the expense of those who are rich. Most of them are only fair- weather friends. If
the rich man loses his money, all his friends will leave him. This shows that they are
not true friends. They fail the test of friendship.
It is adversity that tests friendship. If a man is in trouble or in need and his friend
stands by him that is a true friend. A good friend will never desert a man in his hour
of danger.
One is reminded of an old story about two men and a bear. Two men who were
supposed to be friends were crossing a forest. Suddenly they saw a bear coming,
towards them. One man immediately climbed a tree, leaving the other to face the

bear alone. The other man could not climb trees. So he threw himself flat on the
ground and pretended to be dead. The bear came up to him and smelt him all over.
Thinking he was dead, the bear walked away. The man who was up in the tree came
down. He asked his friend what the bear had whispered in his ear. The other man,
being clever, said "The bear told me not to trust any man who runs away from me
when I am in danger." This story proves that a friend in need is a friend indeed.
5. A friend in need is a friend indeed
A friend is a person who is very close to your heart; your close friend is even
referred to as your bosom friend. Initially, he or she, having hailed from a family
other than yours, is a third party and a total stranger to you. Your familiarity with
him or her gradually develops into a friendship. The familiarity might have
developed from your childhood days, just because he or she was your school mate;
from your adulthood, when he or she was your college mate, he or she might have
been a co-worker or a colleague, when you joined a company or an office for your
employment.
Thus familiarity is the key that plays a vital role in the origin and development of
friendship. Sometimes, a friendship may develop out of a casual introduction when
you go to a temple or church or when you attend a social gathering or function;
sometimes, you may come across unknown people who offer to help you and admit
you in a hospital when you meet with an accident; such people linger in your
memory;you continue your relationship with them that develops into a friendship.
You may be having a number of friends, who may accompany you to witness a
movie, to drink with you in a popular bar or even dance with you in a night club.
They all simply enjoy the life with you. Hence, it is not a parameter or yardstick to
find out the true friendship. Here comes this proverb in handy. A friend in need is a
friend indeed.
The Tamil classic Thirukkural written by Thiruvalluvar aptly describes the true
friendship in a chapter titled friendship as follows:
If you get undressed suddenly, your hands will come to your rescue instantaneously
to prevent you from getting humiliated or embarrassed; likewise, a friend should
come to your rescue when you are in extreme hardship or adverse circumstances.
That is the essence of friendship. That is true friendship.
Similarly you may be suffering from any one of the adverse circumstances as
follows:You may be in need of funds to admit your ward in a college or you may have to
undergo an emergent heart surgery or you may have to redeem your house that
was attached in the court proceedings for your debts, failing which you and your
family will be literally in the street.

After making your own efforts to mobilize the required funds, if you feel that you are
still short of funds, you have no other go but to necessarily approach your friends
for mobilizing funds; now it is the acid test for your friends and their friendship.If
they are true friends and cherish and value your friendship, they will come to your
rescue or else they will simply forsake you on the one pretext or other.
Thus, if your friend comes forward to help you in case of your need and exigency,
he is a true friend; Therefore, a friend in need is a friend indeed.

6. A friend needs a friend indeed

We hear the above phrase a lot but fail to pay much attention to it as we believe
that all our friends are friends in deed. Mostly in troubled times we look back space
that is sans them. The choices that we take, the amount of time we spend all decide
the amount of closeness we share with a friend.
A true friend no matter what doesn't stop from helping us out of anything. Also we
should not stop from helping friends who are very close to us. Friends we make now
and then don't seem memorable but when on a day we end up with one of them as
our closest friend, then the true value of friendship dawns on us.
A friend who doesn't hesitate to help us out of any turmoil even while risking his
own life is one who is a truly best friend of ours. Friends aren't calculated risks but
uncalculated gains that we get in life. Friends also can be past enemies. It isn't how
much trust we put in a person but how much we haven't hesitated from being
befriending him and helping him in troubled waters that decides a good friendship.
Sometimes even a trustworthy person can backstab us. Our actions to decide
whether the person whom we consider as a friend truly trusts or for that matter
likes us. So though a major role is played by us in selecting our core group, the
saying always holds true-a friend in need is a friend indeed.
7. A Friend In Need Is A Friend Indeed
The proverb stands as a touchstone of true friendship.
It states that only that person who helps us when we are in need or difficulty is a
true friend.
In our daily life we come across people who over a period of time become close to
us. But we cannot be sure if they are true friends or just fair-weather friends. Many
people develop contacts with influential people for their benefit. It will be a great
mistake if one considers these apparently close people as friends. The test of true
friendship is in time ofdifficulties.On the other hand, the fair-weather friends
disappear in times of trails. They find excuses to distance themselves from us.

But a true friend will always stick to a person when if that person is in deep trouble.
He will be concerned about the welfare of a person when he considers as a friend. If
need be, he will make every effort to help his friend overcome the difficult situation,
instead of running away from him. As the saying goes, prosperity makes friends
and adversity tries them.
Take for example the friendship of Antonio and Bassanio in the Shakespearean play
The Merchant of Venice. Antonio helps Bassanio even at the cost of losing his lifea pound of flesh.
The Epics of India showcase timeless illustrations of true friendship. In the
Ramayana, it is between Rama and Sugreva. In the Mahabharata, it is between
Krishna and Kuchela; between Duryodhana and Karna. Such friendship stands the
test of time. Such friends are lifes greatest blessing. Friendship with people like
these last a lifetime.
Thus the proverb not only shows the nature of a true friend but also offers a method
of choosing good friends. It also cautions us of fair-weather friends.