Making New Friends

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  To make new friends, the first thing you need to do is, meet up with new people. This should be quite simple as your neighborhood should have a club, school or any other small organization. Go there and talk to people. You will be surprised to see the response you get. Don't be too haughty or condescending. It is far more important to be nice than be interesting. So once you get into a social circle or group, making friends is not tough at all.
  
• Look approachable. You need not dress up in dandy clothes or wear loud make up to attract people. More than artificial make up, simplicity attracts people. Smile often, make eye contact, don't look too tensed and listen to what others have to say.
  
• Accept people the way they are. Unnecessary fault finding, critically analyzing each and every individual will not work if you want to make new friends. No one is perfect; you are not either. Everyone has faults and the way to make friends is by looking at the positive aspects of the individual. In case you don't like someone's behavior, it is better to avoid than create a rivalry.
  
• Try to keep your communication channels open. Don't sit back relax and expect lasting friendships to occur. It requires communication from both sides. So call up people you have just met, email old friends who have moved away, drop in occasional sms just to say hi. You will be pleasantly surprised at the responses that you get.
  
• Show people you are reliable and can be trusted. In a new group, ask if you could something to drink or invite someone over. Exchange phone numbers and don't forget to call up. Remember, it is essential to take the first step to begin the journey of an ever lasting friendship. When someone entrusts you with a work, give it your best shot.
  
• Last but not the least, don't forget old friends. If they have moved away or if you have moved away, be in touch with occasional phone calls and emails. Don't leave old friends for the sake of new ones.

Short Friendship Poem

can talk with a friend
And walk with friend
And share my umbrellaIn the rain

I can play with a friend
And stay with a friend
And learn with a friend
And explain

I can eat with a friend
And compete with a friend
And even sometimes disagree.

I can ride with a friend
And take pride with a friend
A friend can mean
So much to me!

Friendship Day Flowers

• 13 Roses - Friends Forever
  
• Azalea - Take care of yourself for my sake
  
• Bell Flower (Small white) - Gratitude
  
• Camellia - I admire you / you are perfect in every way
  
• Campanula - Gratitude
  
• Carnation (Pink) - I'll never forget you
  
• Chrysanthemum - You're a great friend
  
• Daffodil - I send my regards / you are the only one for me
  
• Daffodil Narcissus - You are an angel
  
• Forget me not - Don't forget me
  
• Geranium (Oak Leaved) - Our friendship is true
  
• Iris - Your Friendship means so much to me
  
• Ivy - Friendship
  
• Lily (Yellow) - Thank you for everything
  
• Periwinkle (Blue) - Beginning of friendship
  
• Rose (Pink) - For my friend
  
• Rose (Yellow) - Friendship

Friendship Day History

The tradition of celebrating Friendship Day has been prevalent since a very long time. However, you may not find much written literature about the history and origin of Friendship Day. Humans have been friends ever since civilization came into existence. As a social animal, a human being needs companionship and friendship. Thus one can say that friendship has existed even in pre-historic times. To know more about Friendship's Day history, read on. In the year 1935 the United States Congress announced the first Sunday of August as the National Friendship Day. From then on it has caught up with the rest of the world and today everyone celebrates Friendship's Day with much enthusiasm and joy. A special day dedicated just for friends is something that everyone looks forward to. The beautiful idea of honoring one of the most pious relations of all, i.e. Friendship, is appreciated by people all over the world. It has assumed the proportion of being celebrated as a festival. Friends all over the world pay tribute to their chums by giving them gifts and other tributes. The best way to celebrate this beautiful day is by spending the entire day with your special pals.

Friendship Quotes

1. A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked. - Bernard Meltzer.
   
2. A friend is one who knows you, but loves you anyway. - Fr. Jerome Cummings
   
3. Who finds a faithful friend, finds a treasure. - Jewish Saying
   
4. The only way to have a friend is to be one. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
   
5. The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend. - Abraham Lincoln
   
6. Hold a true friend with both your hands. - Nigerian Proverb
   
7. A faithful friend is the medicine of life. - Apocrypha
   
8. Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love. - Charles Peguy
   
9. There can be no Friendship where there is no Freedom. - William Penn
   
10. No man is useless while he has a friend. - Robert Louis Stevenson
    
11. A single rose can be my garden; a single friend, my world. - Leo Buscaglia
    
12. It is the ones you can call up at 4:00 a.m. that really matter. - Marlene Dietrich
    
13. The language of friendship is not words but meanings. - Henry David Thoreau
    
14. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation. - George Washington
    
15. Good friends are good for your health. - Irwin Sarason
    
16. Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. - Samuel Paterson

When Is Friendship Day

Quite often people miss out on great days just because they don't know the exact date. Since there is no fixed date of Friendship Day, people tend to keep wondering as to when is Friendship Day. If you have been confused about the correct Friendship Day date, the information provided below shall be helpful to you. Read further to know about Friendship's Day in 2009. Friendship Day is all about showing your dearest friends how much they mean to you. This special day falls on the first Sunday of August every year. In 2009, Friendship Day falls on August 2nd. So don't forget to celebrate it with your dearest friends. Make the day absolutely special for your friend and keep the positive feeling of friendship alive. If you don't have a friend, make a new one. There is no better day or anything nobler than making a new friend on Friendship Day. So this year on the 2nd of August make sure that you show appreciation and love that you have always had for your friend but never had the time to lavish it. Friendship day is all about showing how much you care. Even if you don't gift your friend anything, it doesn't matter as long as you spend time with each other and leave happy. This is the time to make your friends realize how much they mean to you and how life would have been dull without them around. So go ahead and enjoy this day to the fullest!