How far and deep we shoul concern on matters of our friends, especally when correcting their mistakes is always in question as it might cause irreversible loss of precious friends. Since friends are not just unrelated strangers, rather the people we care and love that friendship sometimes requires our interactions to lead them in a better way and make them have less troubled relationships with other people than us. In this sense, saying something to correct their poor behaviors and mistakes are needed in terms of good purpose.
Above all, we mostly make friends with certain expectation of ourselves to be changed in a constructive and developed way. It might hard to accept a close friend to point out our mistakes, but soon we can realize they do that in the way because they care and love us, wishing we wouldn't make the same mistake. In the same perspective, the friend would be willingly admit our advice on their mistake when they have usual expectaiton on us to lead them in a better way.
Furthermore, we have responsibilities to help our friends to have troubleless relationship with other people as well. Suppose I know a specific friend of mine always make the same mistake, I cannot overlook his or her mistake as long as I concern his daily life with others. I'll definitely want to tell him or her what kind of unawared mistake they make which might cause a problem with other people later on.
This might hurt the friend on the spot, but he will soon appreciate of what I have told him when he finds himself overcome the mistake.
In conclusion, we all are imperferct individuals that need helps from our friends constantly, especailly in need of someone to correct our mistakes. Telling wise advice to the friend on his or her mistakes will definitely help them to live in a better way, still keeping and hardening the friendship even more. |