"What makes you perfect is presence of friends" is a famous phrase that shows the importance of friends. Friends themselves are indispensable for you, letting you learn about love and genuine relationships. Furthermore, if you have chances to choose to spend time with a few friends and many friends, it will better for you to pick the latter one. This is mainly because you could broaden you perspectives and get a lot of supports.
When you interact with many friends, you will naturally have a wide point of view. Each of friends has different perspectives, personalities and characteristics. By communicating with them, you could gather varying opinions of issues ranging from trivial matters such as appearances to global, social issues such as global warming. For example, when I had chances to talk about 'honor killing' with many friends, which is a traditional practice granted to men of some Arab countries, I could deeply understand controversies. In the practice, men had rights to 'kill' women for their reputations. Since it was violation of human rights, I firmly asserted that the U.N should intervene and protect women. However, some of my friends said the U.N or other countries have no rights to carry out the action since it is an infringement of sovereignty. Not to mention that I could broaden my perspectives by having a debate regarding the issue. Therefore, it is better for you to make many friends as much as possible to have a wide point of view.
Moreover, if you widen your social networks, you could get a lot of help. Especially, when you find a job amid economic crisis, the more friends you have, the more possibilities you could obtain to find works. To be more specific, suppose you have several friends in different fields. One might work as a professor or a public servant or at bank and so on. Then, you have a lot of people who could give you advice about job interviews, current employment conditions, preferable resume and tips to find works successfully. Overall factors will obviously lead you to be employed. Moreover, friends could help you financially before you find a decent job. Hence, having many friends is much more beneficial for your life. In conclusion, making many friends is important since you will not only broaden you perspectives, but also you could get aids from friends. You might think you could not establish true friendships when you meet a number of friends. However, that is nonsense, if you open your mind to them, you will learn what genuine friends |