What kind of Relationships are your Friendships?

Many of us view most of our friendships as a great relationships.  Have you determined what kind of relationship you have with your friendships? Now let's break that down.  Ask yourself today...What kind of friend are you?

Now Wikipedia describes a friend as:

Friendship is a form of interpersonal relationship considered to be closer than association, although there is a range of degrees of intimacy in both friendships and associations. Friendship and association are often thought of as spanning across the same continuum. Value that is found in friendships is often the result of a friend demonstrating the following on a consistent basis:

• The tendency to desire what is best for the other
• Sympathy and empathy
• Honesty, perhaps in situations where it may be difficult for others to speak the truth, especially in terms of pointing out the perceived faults of one's counterpart
• Mutual understanding and compassion; ability to go to each other for emotional support
• Enjoyment of each others company
• Trust in one another
• Positive reciprocity — a relationship is based on equal give and take between the two parties.
• The ability to be oneself, express one's feelings and make mistakes without fear of judgment.
• It is very important to have honesty, trust, sympathy, respect and helpfulness in friendship.

If you consider yourself as a friend to someone with a relationship of value....Reach out to them today and let them know that you value them and you love them.