it is more important to keep old friends than to make new friends. |
In our life, friend is really necessary in that they help me when we are in trouble or listen to our worries. Futhermore, having a lots of friend or making new friends is considered as one of the most important social skills in these days since we are living in a society where we are evaluated how much human relationships we have estabilised in our life. Therefore, it is obvious that the more friend we have, the more benefits we can get from them. First of all, making a new friend well is connected to success in our society in the sense that having various relationships with many peoples is critical for people in these days to make their life much easier and successful. For example, my brother, who are aware of well importance of associating with people well have a great ability to make new friends. Owing to his various human networks he has built up since he was young, he could get many assistance from his friends at university or company when he found his own company later. According to a research by 'Time' magazine in 2006, those who are very good at making new friends are more likely to succeed in their life than others who stick to associate with only their older friends. On the other hand, some people believe that maintaining old friends might be enough for people to succeed in their life. However, they should realize how much important it is to meet new peoples in current society where the speed of occurring changes are increasing rapidly. Second, acquiring many informations and being motivated by others are one of the important reasons why we should extend our human relationship. If we keep confining our relationship in older friends, it would be harder to let each other exchange valuable informations or be influenced by different views from their life. From my experiences, I have always been motivated by making new friends everytime I participated in various voluntary work for community. Meeting different peoples from different walks of life was so beneficial to me in that I could learn to keep open mind to other people and understand the way they live their life. In contrast, some people often say that being motivated by others or getting lots of informations from new friends can be replaced with searching on the web site or watching various tv programs while they are keeping old friends, However, making new friends and contacting with them are different from those way in that they are able to communicate with each other directly. |