It is normal to have people walk in and out of your life. Friendships are like relationships, there are breakups as well; however, the common parting reason for such circumstance is merely because of conflicts of interests. Such interests may be either materialistic or spiritual. For example, a rich person may use money or some similar substitue (materialistic) to buy a friendship whereas the rich's friend may return the favor by giving him/her back something spiritual. Do you think the friendship would last? I doubt it.
So how can a person have long lasting friendships? He/she to find genuine people. What are genuine people? You see, numerous people, especially in our generation, misunderstand the meaning of true friendship, such as : people who would lend you their homework to copy, have many fun with you, stand up for you or even be there for you when you are in need. But it is not true. A true friend is somebody who would help correct your flaws and never take advantage of you.
The formula for long lasting friendships is very simple. You just need to find somebody who would not be singing praises about you or bringing you down without a legitimate reason. A friendship that does not expect any return will last, because friendship is not an investment. If you ever expect something in return from a friendship, you have already lose it.
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That's very true. Friendship can only last long if the friend is a truthful person. I lost a friendship that lasted six years back in High School. Talking about it makes me sad because we were very close almost to the point of sisters. But because of some jealously and rumors, our friendship could no longer continue to this day. To be a good friend is not enough, because a good friend not only understands you, but also have to help you learn from your mistakes as well. Your last sentence mentioned that if you ask for something in return, then the friendship is already lost. This I definitely agree with because friend should not ask for more than a long lasting friendship.
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