Real friends appreciate you for no reason.

Friendship has always been a major part of our lives. Sometimes, especially in our youth, friends influence us more than our families do. As friends we participate in shaping the personality of one another (even if we are not aware of it), we mature together and we share moments which eventually become our memories. Our friends become part of our identity and losing them leaves us with void within.
But the majority of people struggle to find real and authentic friendships. From time to time they feel that this friendship is not real, is not enough and there is something missing in it.
Real friends are those with whom you don’t need to be someone else. There is no desire to pretend, fake anything, there are no hidden parts within you, you behave simply and naturally, you are not afraid of what they might think of you because what ever they thought will never affect how close you are. It doesn’t matter how you look in their eyes, you will ever be friends. They accept you as a whole and appreciate you for no reason.
Around them you are reminded of who you really are. You are authentic, safe and fulfilled and satisfied. In real friends company, stress fades away, you have less desires as you feel complete. Few real friends make you satiated, while no number of fake friends is enough. No matter how many friends you have you still want more.
Real friendship comes from the heart and can’t be framed by mind; it doesn’t have prequalification, and it is ultimately unproductive in modern terms you can’t find a reasonable reason for its existence, nor goal behind its continuation. It is simply is and will ever be. It is definitely not something you chase or make, it happens naturally between authentic people.
I believe that real friendship can grew naturally between those who are authentic, less judgmental, more open minded, good listeners, kind and independent.
And finally authenticity is the most important quality in friendship because it doesn’t matter how clever someone fakes something, others will never feel good about it even if they don’t know why, and this won’t help making real friendship.

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